XSL Concepts and Practical Use: XSL Element Summary

<xsl:attribute>

The <xsl:attribute> element allows you to dynamically or conditionally add attributes.

<xsl:attribute 
  name = { qname }
  namespace = { uri-reference }>
  <!-- Content: template -->
</xsl:attribute>

name: The attribute name
namespace: The namespace URI reference for the attribute

An example of <xsl:attribute> being used conditionally:

<xsl:template name="graphic">
  <img src="{@fileref}">
    <xsl:if test="@align">
      <xsl:attribute name="align">
        <xsl:value-of select="@align"/>
      </xsl:attribute>
    </xsl:if>
  </img>
</xsl:template>

Note that the <img> tag has logical content in the stylesheet. The serializer is expected to render this appropriately for HTML or XML.

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