Re: [xsl] How to retain the end tag when outputting an empty element?

["Wendell Piez wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Richard,

Indeed, ordinarily one would face this requirement when writing to a *non*
XML syntax target, such as HTML or many other things that look like XML,
but ain't.

As to the question of canonical form(s) and synonymy, there is history, and
maybe someone with fingers on the archives could reflect (Peter? Eliot?).
Part of the deep problem is the implications of saying there is a
difference.

Cheers, Wendell

On Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 10:09 AM Kerry, Richard richard.kerry@xxxxxxxx <
xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>
> Surely <test/> is canonical, and <test></test> isnbt?
>
> Or maybe I should look-up what canonical means in this context.
>
> And I guess the next question would be bwhyb as all XML parsers are (or
> should be) happy with the single form, shouldnbt they.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard.
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Wendell Piez wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <
> xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *Sent:* 17 June 2022 14:55
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> *Subject:* Re: [xsl] How to retain the end tag when outputting an empty
> element?
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> Roger,
>
>
>
> One way is to see to it that the element has some kind of content
>
>
> <xsl:template match="text()">
>   <xsl:comment> burp </xsl:comment>
>   <xsl:next-match/>
> </xsl:template>
>
> ... although I would call this kind of desperate and not always a
> "solution".
>
>
>
> Cheers, Wendell
>
>
>
>
>
> Cheers, Wendell
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 8:15 AM Roger L Costello costello@xxxxxxxxx <
> xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> For this element:
>
> <test>foo</test>
>
> The following XSLT:
>
>     <xsl:template match="*">
>         <xsl:element name="{name(.)}">
>             <xsl:apply-templates />
>         </xsl:element>
>     </xsl:template>
>
>     <xsl:template match="text()" />
>
> Outputs this:
>
> <test/>
>
> How do I get the XSLT processor to output both the start tag and the end
> tag:
>
> <test></test>
>
> /Roger
>
>
>
>
>
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