Re: [xsl] short and long empty xml elements

Subject: Re: [xsl] short and long empty xml elements
From: Stephan Kahnt <stephan.kahnt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:09:40 +0200
Am Freitag, 13. Oktober 2006 12:49 schrieb Andrew Welch:
> On 10/13/06, Stephan Kahnt <stephan.kahnt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi List,
> >
> > a need to create a xml document that does not contain short empty
> > elements like <a/> but instead like this <a></a>. I know this is the
> > same, but the parser of the target system does not recognize the first
> > version. I use xalan or saxon. Is there a way to control the kind of
> > output in XSLT ? Currently I run a sed command to replace the first by
> > the second version.
>
> You can insert comments into the result to prevent tag minimisation,
> or use the XHTML output method XSLT 2.0 (you can use this with a 1.0
> stylesheet).

Thank you. I will try this.

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Mit freundlichen Gr|_en / Best regards

Stephan Kahnt
inubit AG

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