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title: <xsl:output>
slug: Web/XSLT/Element/output

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The <xsl:output> element controls the characteristics of the output document. To function correctly in Netscape, this element, with the method attribute, must be used. As of 7.0, method="text" works as expected.

Syntax

<xsl:output
  method="xml" | "html" | "text"
  version=STRING
  encoding=STRING
  omit-xml-declaration="yes" | "no"
  standalone="yes" | "no"
  doctype-public=STRING
  doctype-system=STRING
  cdata-section-elements=LIST-OF-NAMES
  indent="yes" | "no"
  media-type=STRING />

Required Attributes

None.

Optional Attributes

• method

  • : Specifies output format.

• version

  • : Specifies the value of the version attribute of the XML or HTML declaration in the output document. This attribute is only used when method="html" or method="xml".

• encoding

  • : Specifies the value of the encoding attribute in the output document.

• omit-xml-declaration

  • : Indicates whether or not to include an XML declaration in the output. Acceptable values are "yes" or "no".

• standalone (Not supported.)

  • : If present, indicates that a standalone declaration should occur in the output document and gives its value. Acceptable values are "yes" or "no".

• doctype-public

  • : Specifies the value of the PUBLIC attribute of the DOCTYPE declaration in the output document.

• doctype-system

  • : Specifies the value of the SYSTEM attribute of the DOCTYPE declaration in the output document.

• cdata-section-elements

  • : Lists elements whose text contents should be written as CDATA sections. Elements should be whitespace separated.

• indent (Not supported.)

  • : Specifies if the output should be indented to indicate its hierarchic structure.

• media-type (Not supported.)

  • : Specifies the output document MIME type.

Type

Top-level, must be the child <xsl:stylesheet> or <xsl:transform>.

Defined

XSLT, section 16.

Gecko support

Partial support. See comments above.