Re: [docbook-apps] Error in Apache Ant task with Saxon from DocBook to epub

Thanks for the clarification.  It has been fixed in source, and the latest snapshot 
build of the stylesheets reflects the update.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises



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From: "Tony Graham" <>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 9:14 AM
Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Error in Apache Ant task with Saxon from DocBook to epub


> On Tue, September 6, 2011 4:50 pm, Bob Stayton wrote:
>> I presume you are using Saxon 9?  I get that error when I use Saxon 9, but
>> not when I use Saxon 6.  I generally use Saxon 6 with the DocBook XSL
>> stylesheets since they are written in XSL 1.0, while Saxon 9 is written
>> for XSL 2.0.
>
> It's listed as an error condition in XSLT 2.0 but not in XSLT 1.0.
>
> However, there will be fewer and fewer people who bother to switch back to
> a XSLT 1.0 processor just to run specific stylesheets, and since whether
> the @priority is there or not doesn't matter to XSLT 1.0 processor, the
> suggestion was to remove it to avoid potential confusion when people do
> use a XSLT 2.0 processor on the stylesheets.
>
> Regards,
>
>
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