attribute in rule context - skeleton1-5.xslt bug?

Hi,

I've been using Schematron (specifically, skeleton1-5.xslt) for a (short)
while and needed to have attributes in a rule context. To make it work, I
had to make the following changes to skeleton1-5.xslt:

(diff output follows)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
300c300,301
<                       <axsl:template match="text()" priority="-1"
mode="M{count(preceding-sibling::*)}">
---
>                       <!-- Added by BM: match and apply @* also -->
>                       <axsl:template match="text()|@*" priority="-1"
mode="M{count(preceding-sibling::*)}">
302a304,306
>                       <axsl:template match="*" priority="-1"
mode="M{count(preceding-sibling::*)}">
>                               <axsl:apply-templates select="node()|@*"
mode="M{count(preceding-sibling::*)}"/>
>                       </axsl:template>
323c327
<                       <axsl:apply-templates
mode="M{count(../preceding-sibling::*)}"/>
---
>                       <axsl:apply-templates select="node()|@*"
mode="M{count(../preceding-sibling::*)}"/>
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Now, this quick hack responds to my needs (though I don't claim it's the
best way to do it), but I am wondering why attributes were left out in the
first place. It doesn't seem like Schematron specs forbids <rule
context="@foo">... What am I missing?

I've read some discussions remotely related to this on a couple of other
lists but without a definitive answer.

Thanks for any insight,
Benoit


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Benoit Maisonny                [email protected]
Director & Consultant          http://synclude.com
Synclude Ltd.





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