Thanks for the suggestion!
I didn't know I could use such a syntax...

What do the curly braces exactly mean? Do they reppresent just a
simple XPath match and substitution in a more readable form?

(I use xsltproc to process my XSL transformation... is it a good choice?)

On Apr 1, 2005 10:39 AM, Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> As well as the answer to your question (A[...]/B/@v) you might like to note
> that you don't have to use xsl:element and xsl:attribute. You can write the
> much more concise
> 
> <Point PointAttribute="{A[@id='123']/B/@v}"/>
> 
> XSLT has a reputation for verbosity, but it doesn't have to be as bad as
> people sometimes make it.
> 
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dalloro@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:dalloro@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 01 April 2005 08:22
> > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [xsl] (newby) define an attribute based on an attribute value
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm a newby in XSL tranformations. I need to trasform an XML file into
> > another XML file with a different structure.
> >
> > Inside a template I build an element named Point that has several
> > attributes. The value of one of these attributes depends on the value
> > of an attribute in the source XML (the attribute v of the element B
> > that I filtered through the parent 'id', in the code below)
> >
> > [snip]
> >    <xsl:element name="Point">
> > [snip]
> >       <xsl:attribute name="PointAttribute">
> >         <xsl:value-of select="A[@id='123']/B[@v]"/>
> >       </xsl:attribute>
> > [snip]
> >    </xsl:element>
> > [snip]
> >
> > I would like to obtain a 'Point' element with an attribute called
> > 'PointAttribute' with the same value of the 'v' attribute of the
> > element 'B'.
> >
> > What is the best way to deal with this problem?
> >
> > I thank you for the help.
> > Best regards.
> >
> > Livio.