XML in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition

Name

xsl:import

Synopsis

<xsl:import  href = "URI" />

The xsl:import top-level element imports the XSLT stylesheet found at the URI given by the href attribute. Source documents are processed using the combination of templates in the imported and importing stylesheets. In the event of a conflict between templates in the two stylesheets, the ones in the importing stylesheet take precedence. In the event of a conflict between imported stylesheets, the last one imported takes precedence.

All xsl:import elements must be immediate children of the root xsl:stylesheet element. Furthermore, they must appear before all other top-level elements.

An imported stylesheet may itself import another stylesheet. A stylesheet may not import a stylesheet that was already imported, directly or indirectly. That is, it’s an error if A imports B, which imports A, thus creating a circular reference.

Attribute

href, required

The relative or absolute URI of the stylesheet to import. Relative URIs are resolved relative to the base URI of the importing stylesheet.