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> The XSLT 2.0 spec talks about "parentless elements". As far
> as I know, there can only be one element in a source document
> that is parentless - the document node. Yet, the XSLT 2.0
> spec seems to suggest that there may be other parentless
> element nodes. Can someone tell me what they may be?
As David Carlisle explained, they are nodes that are not part of any
document.
For example, you can create a set of three parentless attribute nodes
as:
<xsl:variable name="trio" as="attribute()*">
<xsl:attribute name="colour">red</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="size">big</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:attribute name="mood">happy</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:attribute>
and you can then attach this to an element using:
<e>
<xsl:copy-of select="$trio"/>
</e>
and of course you can do the same with element nodes rather than
attributes.
Michael Kay
