Webmaster in a Nutshell, Second Edition

Name

<xsl:element>

Synopsis

<xsl:element name=" name | URI # name " >...</xsl:element>

Description

Inserts the element pointed to by the attribute name into the result document. For example:

<xsl:element name="book" >
  <xsl:element name="chapter">
    <xsl:text>The Opening of Pandora's Box</xsl:text>
  </xsl:element>
</xsl:element>

This creates the following in the result node:

<book>
  <chapter>The Opening of Pandora's Box </chapter>
</book>

Elements without explicit namespaces use the default namespace of their current context. Also, you can create a namespace for the element yourself:

<xsl:element name="http://www.oreilly.com/#book" >

This employs the namespace associated with the URI http://www.oreilly.com with the element. If there are no namespaces associated with the URI, it becomes the default namespace.