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Re: [xsl] output method html doesnt work with namespace in source tree

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Hi Andrew,

> An identity transform that specifies an output method of html, applied
> to a source where all elements are in a non-null namespace.  The usual
> suspect is the way <br /> is output:
>
> Xalan: <br/>
> Saxon: <br>
> MSXML4: <br></br>
>
> Now to quote the spec:
> (http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#section-HTML-Output-Method)
> The html output method should not output an element differently from the
> xml output method unless the expanded-name of the element has a null
> namespace URI; an element whose expanded-name has a non-null namespace
> URI should be output as XML. If the expanded-name of the element has a
> null namespace URI, but the local part of the expanded-name is not
> recognized as the name of an HTML element, the element should output in
> the same way as a non-empty, inline element such as span.
>
> From that I would say Xalan conforms, Saxon doesnt and MSXML is
> confused... ;-)

To continue the quote from the spec with the next paragraph:

 "The html output method should not output an end-tag for empty
  elements. For HTML 4.0, the empty elements are area, base, basefont,
  br, col, frame, hr, img, input, isindex, link, meta and param. For
  example, an element written as <br/> or <br></br> in the stylesheet
  should be output as <br>."

>From this and the behaviour that you report, I'd say that Saxon
conforms and both Xalan and MSXML don't.
  
Cheers,

Jeni

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Jeni Tennison
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