[xsl] White space strategies for mixed content

["Rick Quatro rick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All,

 

I have inherited some "interesting" xml that has mixed content and I am
trying to figure out some strategies for getting "cleaner" output in my XSLT
workflow without removing any needed whitespace. In the simple example
below, I want to normalize the white space and let the serializer write out
the breaks where it wants to.

 

Input:

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<root>

    <para>This is the title element with a

    <emphasis>child</emphasis> element and<strong> another</strong>

    one.</para>

</root>

 

Output:

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<root><para>This is the title element with a <emphasis>child</emphasis>
element and<strong> another</strong> one.</para></root>

 

In this example, I think <xsl:strip-space elements="root"/> would take care
of it with <xsl:output indent="no"/> but of course my actual input is more
complex.

 

I have struggled a bit in my understanding of whitespace handling in XML and
XSLT so I may be missing something obvious. Thanks in advance for any
advice.

 

Rick

 

Rick Quatro

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