Name

<xsl:element>

Synopsis

<xsl:element name= name|URI#name > ... </xsl:element>

Description

Inserts the element pointed to by the attribute name into the result document. For example: 

<xsl:element name="book">
  <xsl:element name="chapter">
    <xsl:text>The Opening of Pandora's Box</xsl:text>
  </xsl:element>
</xsl:element>

This creates the following in the result node: 

<book>
  <chapter>The Opening of Pandora's Box</chapter>
</book>

Elements without explicit namespaces use the default namespace of their current context. Also, you can create a namespace for the element yourself: 

<xsl:element name="http://www.oreilly.com/#book">

This employs the namespace associated with the URI http://www.oreilly.com with the element. If no namespaces are associated with the URI, it becomes the default namespace.

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