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      <h1>xsl:import</h1>
      <p>The <code>xsl:import</code> element is always used at the top level of the stylesheet, and it must
 appear before all other elements at the top level. It has a
mandatory <code>href</code> attribute, which is a URL (absolute or relative) of another stylesheet
to be textually included within this one. The top-level elements of the included stylesheet
effectively replace the xsl:import element.</p>
      <p>The <code>xsl:import</code> element may also be used at the top level of the included stylesheet, and so
on recursively.</p>
      <p>The elements in the imported stylesheet have lower precedence than the elements in the
importing stylesheet. The main effect of this is on selection of a template when xsl:apply-templates
is used: if there is a matching template with precedence X, all templates with precedence less than
X are ignored, regardless of their priority.</p>
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