Named Templates

<call-template>
  name = qname
Model: with-param*
</call-template>

Templates can be invoked by name. An xsl:template element with a name attribute specifies a named template. The value of the name attribute is a QName, which is expanded as described in qname. If an xsl:template element has a name attribute, it may, but need not, also have a match attribute. An xsl:call-template element invokes a template by name; it has a required name attribute that identifies the template to be invoked. Unlike xsl:apply-templates, xsl:call-template does not change the current node or the current node list.

The match, mode and priority attributes on an xsl:template element do not affect whether the template is invoked by an xsl:call-template element. Similarly, the name attribute on an xsl:template element does not affect whether the template is invoked by an xsl:apply-templates element.

It is an error if a stylesheet contains more than one template with the same name and same import precedence.