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<h1>saxon:call-template</h1>
<p>The <code>saxon:call-template</code> instruction is identical to <code>xsl:call-template</code>
except that the template name can be written as an attribute value template, allowing the actual
template that is called to be selected at run time.</p>
<p>Typical usage is:<br/>
<b><saxon:call-template name="{$tname}"/></b></p>
<p><i>This feature replaces the <code>saxon:allow-avt</code> attribute that was provided
on <code>xsl:call-template</code> in earlier releases. The XSLT 2.0 rules on extension attributes
have been tightened up, making it clear that the earlier design was non-conformant.</i></p>
<p>The <code>saxon:call-template</code> instruction allows <code>xsl:fallback</code> as a child
element, so that fallback behaviour can be defined for other XSLT processors when they
encounter this instruction.</p>
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