Re: [xsl] PCDATA and Attributes

[David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>]

> I would like to use PCDATA in a element attribute. It is cuttenly
> defined as:

This is an XML question not an XSL one, so this is the wrong list, but
anyway..

There is no PCDATA attribute type in XML.


> I would like the name attribute to be PCDATA so I can use the following
> as a value:
> 
> <![CDATA[&reg;]]>

You can not have a literal < in any XML attribute value, so in
particular you can't have a CDATA section.


> I know that by using &gt; and &lt; for > & < etc. would work, but this
> is not an option for business reasons behond my control.

If it is not an option, you'll have to use SGML not XML.

David

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