Style Sheets - Web Standards: Mastering HTML5, CSS3, and XML - page 189

Table 5-6. Overview of XSLT Elements

Element Description

apply-imports Applies a template rule from an imported style sheet

apply-templates Applies a template rule to the current element or to the child nodes of the current element

attribute Adds an attribute

attribute-set Defines a named attribute set

call-template Calls a named template

choose Multiple conditional test (used with when and otherwise )

comment Creates a comment node

copy Creates a copy of the current node

copy-of Creates a copy of the current node (with child nodes and attributes)

decimal-format Defines the format to be used for converting numbers into strings with the

format-number function

element

Creates an element node in the output document

fallback

Declares an alternate code for XSLT elements

for-each

Provides a loop within a node set

if

Provides a template to be applied in case of a specified condition

import

Imports an external style sheet (with lower precedence)

include

Includes an external style sheet (with same precedence)

key Declares a key to be used with the key function

message

Writes a message (typically error message)

namespace-alias

Replaces a namespace in the style sheet to another one in the output

number

Determines the position of the current node

otherwise Specifies a default action for the choose element

output Defines the format of the output document

param Adds a (local or global) parameter

preserve-space Defines elements with preserved whitespace

processing-instruction Writes a processing instruction to the output

sort Sorts the output

strip-space Defines the elements from which whitespace should be removed

stylesheet Defines the root element of a style sheet

template Applies a template when a specified node is matched

text Writes text to the output

transform Defines the root element of a style sheet

value-of Extracts the value from the selected node

variable Declares a (local or global) variable

when Specifies an action for the choose element

with-param Defines the parameter value to be passed into a template