XSLT: Rule Execution Order

Cited from XSLT Tutorial - Basics

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You have to understand that XSLT works down "depth-first" the XML tree, i.e.

• it first deals with the rule for the root element,
• then with the first instruction within this rule.
• If the first instruction says "find other rules" it will then apply the first rule found for the first child element and so forth...
• The rule of the root element is also the last one be finished (since it must deal step-by-step with everything that is found inside) !!!

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"By default the first one is applied. Since the XSLT processor only will apply one rule per element and also the most complex one."