7624 2009-09-15 07:40:16 +0000 [XSLT 2.0] xsl:copy when there is no context item 2010-07-15 09:06:02 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified XPath / XQuery / XSLT XSLT 2.0 Recommendation PC Windows NT CLOSED FIXED P2 normal --- 1 mike mike sca.w3c public-qt-comments oldest_to_newest 27168 0 mike 2009-09-15 07:40:16 +0000 There is no explicit statement in the spec that it is an error to use xsl:copy when there is no context item. Clearly this should be an error. The question is, what error? In many cases the error can be detected statically, though in a few cases this may not be possible (e.g. within a named template). xsl:number handles this by making it a type error (XTTE0990). Oddly, however, using select="." when there is no context item is a dynamic error rather than a type error (XPDY0002). Pending a decision on this, I am creating a test case (copy903err) in which the expected error code is the new code XTTE0945. 35675 1 mike 2010-05-13 16:51:26 +0000 Agreed that this should be type error XPDY0002; an erratum will be drafted to that effect. 35702 2 sca.w3c 2010-05-14 17:14:35 +0000 On May 13, 2010 the XSL WG agreed that this should become an erratum and that the bug should be closed. 36252 3 mike 2010-06-18 11:12:02 +0000 I believe that comment #1 captures the decision incorrectly - the note was written in haste during a meeting, and the agreed error code should be the type error XTTE0945 not the dynamic error XPDY0002. 36892 4 mike 2010-07-15 09:06:02 +0000 This will be erratum E44.