RE: Creating a batch file or shell script / Inserting line breaks

Subject: RE: Creating a batch file or shell script / Inserting line breaks
From: Kay Michael <Michael.Kay@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 09:39:05 +0100
> > and guess what, the semantics of indent are not described 
> for the html output method; only the xml output method.

Not true: in fact the spec explicitly states that for method="html", the
default is indent="yes". It defines the semantics essentially as "do what
you like provided the browser still shows it the same way".

> That said, the spec also says:
> 
> > "If an XSLT processor outputs the result tree, it should do so as
> > specified by the xsl:output element; however, it is not 
> required to do so."

Correct: everything to do with serialization falls into the "should" rather
than "must" category, in other words it is not a conformance issue. But
users are still entitled to express a preference for processors that do the
things they "should" do as well as the things they "must" do.

Mike Kay 


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