Re: [xsl] normalize-space and sequence

[Abel Braaksma <abel.online@xxxxxxxxx>]

David Carlisle wrote:
> 	      <entry ie="{$foobar}" name="{para}"
> 	      ref="{following-sibling::entry[1]/para}"
> 	      usage="{following-sibling::entry[2]/para}"/>
>
> and apparently want that to be
>
> 	      <entry ie="{normalize-space($foobar)}" name="{normalize-space(para)}"
> 	      ref="{normalize-space(following-sibling::entry[1]/para)}"
> 	      usage="{normalize-space(following-sibling::entry[2]/para)}
> 	      "/> 
>
> If there may be multiple para nodes as children of an entry you'll need
> string-join as well, if not then not.
>   


that will become messy in the end. I'd opt for the pipeline method (not 
micro-pipeline, am I correct, Wendell? Because we rerun the whole thing 
again), where with a couple of extra matching templates, you can focus 
only on the stripping whitespace bits.

Cheers,
-- Abel