| Use case |
Relevant XSLT elements |
| Creating nodes |
xsl:element, xsl:attribute, xsl:text, xsl:comment, xsl:processing-instruction |
| Copying nodes |
xsl:copy-of, xsl:copy |
| Repetition (looping) |
xsl:for-each |
| Sorting |
xsl:sort |
| Conditional processing |
xsl:choose, xsl:if |
| Computing or extracting a value |
xsl:value-of |
| Defining variables and parameters |
xsl:variable, xsl:param |
| Defining and calling subprocedures (named templates) |
xsl:template, xsl:call-template |
| Defining and applying template rules |
xsl:template, xsl:apply-templates, xsl:apply-imports |
| Numbering and number formatting |
xsl:number, xsl:decimal-format |
| Debugging |
xsl:message |
| Combining stylesheets (modularization) |
xsl:import, xsl:include |
| Compatibility |
xsl:fallback |
| Building lookup indexes |
xsl:key |
| XSLT code generation |
xsl:namespace-alias |
| Output formatting |
xsl:output |
| Whitespace stripping |
xsl:strip-space, xsl:preserve-space |
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