RE: MIF output from XT

[Mike Brown <mbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I a new to XML and XT.  I am using ME IE5 XML
> functionality.   I am trying to transform XML to MIF
> using XT. MIF uses the angle brackets but it is not
> valid XML.
> 
> In my XT code 

I think you are confused by the acronyms you see on the list. Where you say
XT, you really mean XSLT. XT is the name of James Clark's XSLT processing
software, which is not associated with IE5 in any way. If you were using
James Clark's XT, you wouldn't be asking your question ;)

> is use &lt and &gt to represent the
> MIF brackets, otherwise it will not parse. In the
> generated transformation, however, the &lt and &gt
> remain so.

Actually, the < and > are being replaced by single angle bracket
characters within the source tree derived from your XML document and within
the result tree as you specified how to create with your XSL document. These
angle brackets are being transformed back into entity references during the
final step, which is the output of the result tree in the form of valid XML
or HTML.

Non-well-formed output is not possible with IE5, as far as I know. I think
the only way you are going to get literal angle brackets is if you
post-process the output.


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