I am new to XSLT and am confused by this example. If the {href} is
part of the img tag, then the value will appear, however, when I
specify "<span>{href}</span>", then the value of <href> will not
appear. Is there a reason that one way works and the other does not?
Or do I need to use some escape code to force printing?


Thanks

P.S. I know that a way to print the item is "<xsl:value-of
select="href"/>"


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<xsl:variable name="image-dir">/images</xsl:variable>

<xsl:template match="photograph">
<img src="{$image-dir}/{href}" width="{size/@width}"/>
</xsl:template>

With this source

<photograph>
<href>headquarters.jpg</href>
<size width="300"/>
</photograph>

the result would be

[quoted text, click to view]

The stuff in curley brackets {} are "attribute value templates". They only
work in the specification of the value of an attribute. They cannot be used
to specify the value of an element.

John