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Why is the MSDN online documentation for XSL so different from the W3C XSLT specification?

April 26, 2017different documentation MSDN online specification W3C XSL XSLT

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Why is the MSDN online documentation for XSL so different from the W3C XSLT specification?

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You are probably looking at the wrong documentation. The MSDN Online Library shows the documentation for the XSL processor that shipped with IE5 long before the XSLT specification was complete. You need to install the XML SDK for the updated MSXML to get the updated documentation. The updated XSLT reference will be installed as on your hard drive. You can double-click this file to view the documentation, including full disclosure about level of conformance. MSDN will be updated soon to reflect the new release of MSXML3. MSDN now has an interactive visual tool for learning the W3C XSLT and XPath.