 
Appendix C. XSLT Quick Reference
This appendix provides a quick reference to the XSLT markup language.
Each element is listed in alphabetical order, along with a reference
to the appropriate section in Version 1.0 of the XSLT specification
available at http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt.
Attributes are shown along with their allowable values, and square
brackets indicate optional attributes. Values enclosed in curly
braces are treated as attribute value templates, and quoted values
are literals. XML-style comments indicate which elements allow
content and the allowable type of that content.
See XSLT specification section 5.6: "Overriding Template
Rules." http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#apply-imports
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<xsl:apply-templates
    [select = node-set-expression]
    [mode = qname]>
  <!-- Content: Any number of <xsl:sort> or <xsl:with-param> -->
</xsl:apply-templates>
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See XSLT specification section 5.4: "Applying Template
Rules." http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#section-Applying-Template-Rules
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<xsl:attribute
    name = {qname}
    [namespace = {uri-reference}]>
  <!-- Content: template -->
</xsl:attribute>
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See XSLT specification section 7.1.3: "Creating Attributes with
<xsl:attribute>." http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#creating-attributes
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<xsl:attribute-set
    name = qname
    [use-attribute-sets = qnames]>
  <!-- Content: Any number of <xsl:attribute> -->
</xsl:attribute-set>
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See XSLT specification section 7.1.4: "Named Attribute
Sets." http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#attribute-sets
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<xsl:call-template
    name = qname>
  <!-- Content: Any number of <xsl:with-param> -->
</xsl:call-template>
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See XSLT specification section 6: "Named Templates." http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#named-templates 
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<xsl:choose>
 <!-- Content: One or more <xsl:when>, followed by an optional <xsl:otherwise> -->
</xsl:choose>
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See XSLT specification section 9.2: "Conditional Processing
with <xsl:choose>." http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#section-Conditional-Processing-with-xsl:choose
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<xsl:comment>
  <!-- Content: template -->
</xsl:comment>
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See XSLT specification section 7.4: "Creating Comments." http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#section-Creating-Comments
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<xsl:copy
    [use-attribute-sets = qnames]>
  <!-- Content: template -->
</xsl:copy>
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See XSLT specification section 7.5: "Copying." http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#copying
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<xsl:copy-of
    select = expression/>
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See XSLT specification section 11.3: "Using Values of Variables
and Parameters with <xsl:copy-of>." http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#copy-of
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<xsl:decimal-format
    [name = qname]
    [decimal-separator = char]
    [grouping-separator = char]
    [infinity = string]
    [minus-sign = char]
    [NaN = string]
    [percent = char]
    [per-mille = char]
    [zero-digit = char]
    [digit = char]
    [pattern-separator = char]/>
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See XSLT specification section 12.3: "Number Formatting." http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#format-number
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<xsl:element
    name = {qname}
    [namespace = {uri-reference}]
    [use-attribute-sets = qnames]>
  <!-- Content: template -->
</xsl:element>
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See XSLT specification section 7.1.2: "Creating Elements with
<xsl:element>." http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#section-Creating-Elements-with-xsl:element
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<xsl:fallback>
  <!-- Content: template -->
</xsl:fallback>
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See XSLT specification section 15: "Fallback." http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#fallback
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<xsl:for-each
    select = node-set-expression>
  <!-- Content: Any number of <xsl:sort>, followed by template -->
</xsl:for-each>
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See XSLT specification section 8: "Repetition." http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#for-each
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<xsl:if
    test = boolean-expression>
  <!-- Content: template -->
</xsl:if>
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See XSLT specification section 9.1: "Conditional Processing
with <xsl:if>." http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#section-Conditional-Processing-with-xsl:if
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<xsl:import
    href = uri-reference/>
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See XSLT specification section 2.6.2: "Stylesheet
Import." http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#import
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<xsl:include
    href = uri-reference/>
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See XSLT specification section 2.6.1: "Stylesheet
Inclusion." http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#include
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<xsl:key
    name = qname
    match = pattern
    use = expression/>
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See XSLT specification section 12.2: "Keys." http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#key
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<xsl:message
    [terminate = "yes" or "no"]>
  <!-- Content: template -->
</xsl:message>
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See XSLT specification section 13: "Messages." http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#message
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<xsl:namespace-alias
    stylesheet-prefix = prefix or "#default"
    result-prefix = prefix or "#default"/>
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See XSLT specification section 7.1.1: "Literal Result
Elements." http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#literal-result-element
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<xsl:number
    [level = "single" or "multiple" or "any"]
    [count = pattern]
    [from = pattern]
    [value = number-expression]
    [format = {string}]
    [lang = {nmtoken}]
    [letter-value = {"alphabetic" or "traditional"}]
    [grouping-separator = {char}]
    [grouping-size = {number}]/>
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See XSLT specification section 7.7: "Numbering." http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#number
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<xsl:otherwise>
  <!-- Content: template -->
</xsl:otherwise>
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See XSLT specification section 9.2: "Conditional Processing
with <xsl:choose>." http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#section-Conditional-Processing-with-xsl:choose
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<xsl:output
    [method = "xml" or "html" or "text" or qname-but-not-ncname]
    [version = nmtoken]
    [encoding = string]
    [omit-xml-declaration = "yes" or "no"]
    [standalone = "yes" or "no"]
    [doctype-public = string]
    [doctype-system = string]
    [cdata-section-elements = qnames]
    [indent = "yes" or "no"]
    [media-type = string]/>
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See XSLT specification section 16: "Output." http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#output
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<xsl:param
    name = qname
    [select = expression]>
  <!-- Content: template -->
</xsl:param>
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See XSLT specification section 11: "Variables and
Parameters." http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#variables
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<xsl:preserve-space
    elements = tokens/>
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See XSLT specification section 3.4: "Whitespace
Stripping." http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#strip
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<xsl:processing-instruction
    name = {ncname}>
  <!-- Content: template -->
</xsl:processing-instruction>
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See XSLT specification section 7.3: "Creating Processing
Instructions." http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#section-Creating-Processing-Instructions
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<xsl:sort
    [select = string-expression]
    [lang = {nmtoken}]
    [data-type = {"text" or "number" or qname-but-not-ncname}]
    [order = {"ascending" or "descending"}]
    [case-order = {"upper-first" or "lower-first"}]/>
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See XSLT specification section 10: "Sorting." http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#sorting
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<xsl:strip-space
    elements = tokens/>
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See XSLT specification section 3.4: "Whitespace
Stripping." http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#strip
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<xsl:stylesheet
    version = number
    [id = id]
    [extension-element-prefixes = tokens]
    [exclude-result-prefixes = tokens]>
  <!-- Content: Any number of <xsl:import>, followed by top-level-elements -->
</xsl:stylesheet>
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See XSLT specification section 2.2: "Stylesheet Element." http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#stylesheet-element
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<xsl:template
    [match = pattern]
    [name = qname]
    [priority = number]
    [mode = qname]>
  <!-- Content: Any number of <xsl:param>, followed by template -->
</xsl:template>
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See XSLT specification section 5.3: "Defining Template
Rules." http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#section-Defining-Template-Rules
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<xsl:text
    [disable-output-escaping = "yes" or "no"]>
  <!-- Content: #PCDATA -->
</xsl:text>
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See XSLT specification section 7.2: "Creating Text."  http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#section-Creating-Text
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<xsl:transform
    version = number
    [id = id]
    [extension-element-prefixes = tokens]
    [exclude-result-prefixes = tokens]>
  <!-- Content: Any number of <xsl:import>, followed by top-level-elements -->
</xsl:transform>
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See XSLT specification section 2.2: "Stylesheet Element." http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#stylesheet-element
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<xsl:value-of
    select = string-expression
    [disable-ouput-escaping = "yes" or "no"]/>
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See XSLT specification section 7.6.1: "Generating Text with
<xsl:value-of>." http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#value-of
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<xsl:variable
    name = qname
    [select = expression]>
  <!-- Content: template -->
</xsl:variable>
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See XSLT specification section 11: "Variables and
Parameters." http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#variables
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<xsl:when
    test = boolean-expression>
  <!-- Content: template -->
</xsl:when>
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See XSLT specification section 9.2: "Conditional Processing
with xsl:choose." http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#section-Conditional-Processing-with-xsl:choose
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<xsl:with-param
    name = qname
    [select = expression]>
  <!-- Content: template -->
</xsl:with-param>
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See XSLT specification section 11.6: "Passing Parameters to
Templates." http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#section-Passing-Parameters-to-Templates
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