The <xsl:element> Element

Definition and Usage

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

Note: This element may have NON-standard behavior in IE 5.X!

Syntax

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

  <!-- Content:template -->

</xsl:element>

Attributes

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>

If you have Netscape 6 or IE 5 or higher you can view the XML file and the XSL file

View the result in IE 6 or Netscape 6

View the result in IE 5

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