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Output Method Declarations
After an XSLT transformation produces a result tree, the <xsl:output> element is used by the processor to determine how to serialize the result tree. The value of its method attribute can be xml, html, or text. The <xsl:output> element is usually placed after the <xsl:stylesheet> element. If the output is not serialized, but is instead made available as a tree (for example, in the DOM API), this element is ignored. This element must be a child of the <xsl:stylesheet> element.
The following are output method declarations.
<xsl:output method="xml"/> <xsl:output method="html"/> <xsl:output method="text"/>
See Also
Controlling Output Format with the media-type Attribute | xsl:output Element