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XSLT <xsl:element> Element

Definition and Usage

The <xsl:element> element is used to create an element node in the output document.

Syntax

<xsl:element
name="name"
namespace="URI"
use-attribute-sets="namelist">

  <!-- Content:template -->

</xsl:element>

Attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
name	name	Required. Specifies the name of the element to be created (the value of the name attribute can be set to an expression that is computed at run-time, like this: <xsl:element name="{$country}" />
namespace	URI	Optional. Specifies the namespace URI of the element (the value of the namespace attribute can be set to an expression that is computed at run-time, like this: <xsl:element name="{$country}" namespace="{$someuri}"/>
use-attribute-sets	namelist	Optional. A white space separated list of attribute-sets containing attributes to be added to the element

Example 1

Create a "singer" element that contains the value of each artist element:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

<xsl:template match="/">
  <xsl:for-each select="catalog/cd">
    <xsl:element name="singer">
      <xsl:value-of select="artist" />
    </xsl:element>
    <br />
  </xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

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