not
apply for the root of the template since the root of the template always gets a new scope.</p>
<p><strong>If set to <code>{}</code> (object hash),</strong> then a new &quot;isolate&quot; scope is created. The &#39;isolate&#39; scope differs from
normal scope in that it does not prototypically inherit from the parent scope. This is useful
when creating reusable components, which should not accidentally read or modify data in the
parent scope.</p>
<p>The &#39;isolate&#39; scope takes an object hash which 