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-           xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
 
-           xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
 
-           xmlns:src="http://nwalsh.com/xmlns/litprog/fragment"
 
-           xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
 
-           version="5.0" xml:id="generate.consistent.ids">
 
- <refmeta>
 
- <refentrytitle>generate.consistent.ids</refentrytitle>
 
- <refmiscinfo class="other" otherclass="datatype">boolean</refmiscinfo>
 
- </refmeta>
 
- <refnamediv>
 
- <refname>generate.consistent.ids</refname>
 
- <refpurpose>Generate consistent id values if document is unchanged</refpurpose>
 
- </refnamediv>
 
- <refsynopsisdiv>
 
- <src:fragment xml:id="generate.consistent.ids.frag">
 
- <xsl:param name="generate.consistent.ids" select="0"/>
 
- </src:fragment>
 
- </refsynopsisdiv>
 
- <refsection><info><title>Description</title></info>
 
- <para>When the stylesheet assigns an id value to an output element,
 
- the generate-id() function may be used.  That function may not
 
- produce consistent values between runs.  Version control
 
- systems may misidentify the changing id values as changes
 
- to the document.</para>
 
- <para>If you set this parameter's value to 1, then the
 
- template named <literal>object.id</literal> will replace
 
- the use of the function generate-id() with
 
- <literal><xsl:number level="multiple" count="*"/></literal>.
 
- This counts preceding elements to generate a unique number for
 
- the id value.</para>
 
- <caution>
 
- <para>This param does not associate permanent unique id values
 
- with particular elements.
 
- The id values are consistent only as long as the document
 
- structure does not change.
 
- If the document structure changes, then the counting
 
- of elements changes, and all id values after
 
- the first such change may be different, even when there is
 
- no change to the element itself or its output.
 
- </para>
 
- </caution>
 
- <para>The default value of this parameter is zero, so generate-id() is used
 
- by default.</para>
 
- </refsection>
 
- </refentry>
 
 
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