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RE: Reasons behind implicit rules?
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- Subject: RE: [xsl] Reasons behind implicit rules?
- From: "Michael Kay" <mhkay at iclway dot co dot uk>
- Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 10:43:22 +0100
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> Just wondering why the XSLT WG chose to implement the
> implicit rule where
> all text not defined by a template undergoes an identity
> transformation?
My guess is, because this meets the need of most "styling" applications - as
the preface to the XSLT spec states, it's these applications that drove the
requirements.
Mike Kay
Software AG
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