Nic Miloslav Example 16	KEYWORDS EXAMPLES AUTHORS

xsl:element generates elements in time of processing. Stylesheet 1 uses this feature, while Stylesheet 2 achieves the same effect in a different and laborous way.

XML	HOME XSL 1 XSL 2

<text size="H1">Header1</text>

<text size="H3">Header3</text>

<text size="b">Bold text</text>

<text size="sub">Subscript</text>

<text size="sup">Superscript</text>

XSL 1	HOME XML HTML 1 OUTPUT 1

<xsl:stylesheet version='1.0' xmlns:xsl='http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform' >

<xsl:template match="/">

<xsl:for-each select="//text">

<xsl:element name="{@size}"><xsl:value-of select="."/></xsl:element>

</xsl:for-each>

</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

HTML 1	HOME XML XSL 1 OUTPUT 1

<H1>Header1</H1>

<H3>Header3</H3>

<b>Bold text</b>

<sub>Subscript</sub>

<sup>Superscript</sup> </BODY> </HTML>

OUTPUT 1	HOME XML XSL 1 HTML 1

Header1

Header3

Bold text_Subscript^Superscript

XSL 2	HOME XML HTML 2 OUTPUT 2

<xsl:stylesheet version='1.0' xmlns:xsl='http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform' >

<xsl:template match="/">

<xsl:for-each select="//text">

<xsl:when test='@size="H1"'>

<H1><xsl:value-of select="."/></H1>

<xsl:when test='@size="H3"'>

<H3><xsl:value-of select="."/></H3>

<xsl:when test='@size="b"'>

<b><xsl:value-of select="."/></b>

<xsl:when test='@size="sub"'>

<sub><xsl:value-of select="."/></sub>

<xsl:when test='@size="sup"'>

<sup><xsl:value-of select="."/></sup>

</xsl:for-each>

</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

HTML 2	HOME XML XSL 2 OUTPUT 2

<H1>Header1</H1>

<H3>Header3</H3>

<b>Bold text</b>

<sub>Subscript</sub>

<sup>Superscript</sup> </BODY> </HTML>

OUTPUT 2	HOME XML XSL 2 HTML 2

Header1

Header3

Bold text_Subscript^Superscript