XSLT and XPATH: A Guide to XML Transformations

6.2. The <xsl:element> Instruction Element

The <xsl:element> instruction element provides a more structured approach to adding new XML elements directly to the output result tree. The following element model definition shows the correct structure of the <xsl:element> instruction element:

<!-- Category: instruction -->

<xsl:element

  name = { qname }

  namespace = { uri-reference }

  use-attribute-sets = qnames>

  <!-- Content: template -->

</xsl:element>

The <xsl:element> instruction element has three attributes, one of which is mandatory: the name attribute. The name attribute contains the element-type name of the new element in the result tree. This attribute is required because an element without an element-type name is not valid XML, and using ...