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Attempt to clarify transform-before vs transform original #527

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10 changes: 8 additions & 2 deletions src/guide/xml/ch04.xml
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Expand Up @@ -602,8 +602,14 @@ document using three parameters:</para>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>transform-original</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>This transform runs before step <xref linkend="step-first-00-transform"/> in the standard transformations.
If this transformation is used, it must take special care to preserve the
<para>This transform runs before step <xref linkend="step-first-00-transform"/>
in the standard transformations. Note that this is before XInclude processing, before
transclusion, before any other processing. If you need to make a change to the
original input document, this is where you can do it, but for preprocessing
“the XML document that will be transformed”, the <parameter>transform-before</parameter>
parameter is likely to be a better choice.</para>

<para>If this transformation is used, it must take special care to preserve the
base URI of the original document by adding an <tag class="attribute">xml:base</tag>
attribute to the root element (if it doesn’t already have one).</para>
<para>Only the first transformation in the list has access to the original base URI.
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