Subject: Re: [xsl] element minimisation (again) From: Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 12:02:32 -0400 |
i agree with David. its not a bug. <node></node> and <node/> are same according to the spec.
Cheers, Wendell
--- Andrew Welch <AWelch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Someone just asked me why <node/> was coming out of > the transform as > <node></node>. After trying out some of the > processors, it seems msxml > x when used with an identity transform doesn't > minimise. > > So, this stylesheet: > > <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" > xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> > <xsl:template match="@*|node()"> > <xsl:copy> > <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/> > </xsl:copy> > </xsl:template> > </xsl:stylesheet> > > On this source: > > <node/> > > Produced: > > Msxml3 <node></node> > Msxml4 <node></node> > Saxon <node/> > Xalan <node/> > > Now the reason this has particularly annoyed me is > because I've always > wanted the ability to tell a processor 'don't > minimise the elements'. > After a few long dicussions on the list it seemed > that it wasn't really > feasible (or there wasn't enough momentum behind it) > to have a feature > like this, but obviously that's just down to > interpretation. Lots of > people have had the same issue, and lots of people > are adding &_#160;'s > to their output to prevent it. > > This just appears to be an MSXML bug, but it > would've been nice to the > option.
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