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RE: [xsl] Building OpenURL formatted URLs in XSLT

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URLs can indeed contain an ampersand character; and HTML and XML are both
quite clear that an ampersand character is written as &

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: GPoindexter@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:GPoindexter@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 30 June 2005 18:19
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [xsl] Building OpenURL formatted URLs in XSLT
> 
> URLs in the OpenURL format have '&'s
> 
> Pushing XML through an XSLT outputs html with URLs coded with 
> &amp;  <--
> exactly right with regards to XML not quite right with 
> regards to OpenURL.
> So how do I get a straight '&' out
> Dumb question and there is no other application after the XSLT
> 
> http://www.example.com/resolver?genre=article&atitle=WasUp&tit
> le=In a Crazy
> World Publication&aulast=Smith&aufirst=John
> 
> Greg Poindexter
> Digital Library Coordinator

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