XSLT

Name

<xsl:template> — Defines an output template. For templates that begin <xsl:template match="x", the template defines a transformation for a given element. Templates that begin <xsl:template name="x" define a set of output elements that are processed whenever the template is invoked. All <xsl:template> elements must have either the match or the name attribute defined. Although not common, it is also possible to create <xsl:template> elements that have both a match and a name.

Category

Top-level element

Required Attributes

None.

Optional Attributes

match

A pattern that defines the elements for which this template should be invoked. For example, <xsl:template match="xyz"> defines a template for processing <xyz> elements.

name

An attribute that names this template. Named templates are invoked with the <xsl:call-template> element.

mode

An attribute that defines a mode for this template. A mode is a convenient syntax that allows you to write specific templates for specific purposes. For example, I could write an <xsl:template> with mode="toc" to process a node for the table of contents of a document and other <xsl:template>s with mode="print", mode="online", mode="index", etc. to process the same information for different purposes.

priority

An attribute that assigns a numeric priority to this template. The value can be any numeric value except Infinity. If the XSLT processor cannot determine which template to use (in other words, more than one template has the same default priority), the