Version 5.9.3

# `SaveDataset`

Saves an element/attribute structure to be used in the next publisher run. The contents must have a tree structure.

## Child elements

`Copy-of`, `Element`, `ForAll`, `Loop`, `Makeindex`, `SortSequence`

## Parent elements

`AtPageCreation`, `AtPageShipout`, `Case`, `Contents`, `ForAll`, `Function`, `Loop`, `Otherwise`, `Record`, `SavePages`, `Until`, `While`

## Attributes

`attributes` (XPath expression, optional)
  The variable (as an XPath expression, e.g. `$foo`) which contains `Attribute` Elements. These attributes are added to the root element.
`elementname` (text)
  Name of the root element that surrounds the elements given by the child elements.
`name` (text)
  Name of the file. Example: toc. The resulting filename will be $jobname-$name.xml
`select` (XPath expression, optional)
  Alternative to giving the data structure in the child elements.

## Example

      <Record element="data">
        <SetVariable variable="attributesvar">
          <Attribute name="att1" select="'Hello'" />
          <Attribute name="att2" select="123" />
        </SetVariable>

        <SaveDataset name="toc" elementname="root" attributes="$attributesvar">
          <Element name="child">
            <Attribute name="attchild" select="999"/>
          </Element>
        </SaveDataset>
      </Record>

This code saves an XML file to the disc which has this structure:

    <root att1="Hello" att2="123">
     <child attchild="999"/>
    </root>

    <SaveDataset name="toc" elementname="Contents">
      <Copy-of select="$contents"/>
    </SaveDataset>

is equivalent to

    <SaveDataset name="toc" elementname="Contents" select="$contents"/>

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