XML Pocket Reference, Second Edition

Name

<xsl:element>

Synopsis

<xsl:element
   name=”name"
   [namespace=”URI“]
   [use-attribute-sets=”list“]>
   ...
</xsl:element>

This inserts the element 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 tree:

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

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

<xsl:element name="OReilly:Book"
   namespace="http://www.oreilly.com">

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

The use-attribute-sets attribute contains a whitespace- separated list with names of xsl:attribute-set elements. These attribute sets are merged, and all attributes in the merged set are added to the element.