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Subject: Re: [xsl] Whitespace Copied in Element Content Nodes From: "Abel Braaksma (online)" <abel.online@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:41:31 +0200 (CEST) |
Hi Jeff, I don't think it would matter whether you use Saxon SA or B for it (it is ignorable whitespace, not illegal whitespace). However, what does matter is how your identity transform is defined. If you have a "catch all" (match="node() | @*") then text nodes, whether relevant or not, will be matched by your identity template and, depending on your instructions inside your matching template, copied. Do you already use an xsl:strip-space declaration? Maybe this part of the spec is your culprit, so I include it here for reference: "If an element in a source document has a type annotation that is a simple type or a complex type with simple content, then any whitespace text nodes among its children are preserved, regardless of any xsl:strip-space declarations." (http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt20/#element-strip-space) If all fails, you can add something like this to your stylesheet: <xsl:template match="text() [normalize-space() = ''] [parent::*/*]" /> which will remove any whitespace nodes that are not whitespace-only nodes. Cheers, -- Abel -- > Hi, > > I'm doing a identity transformation of an XML that is defined in a > XML Schema, why is it that my element defined as element only content > retains the whitespace used for indention in the result? I expected > that this would be removed because these are ignorable whitespace as > defined in the schema. > > I'm using XSLT 2.0 and transforming using oXygen and Saxon 9B. > > Do I need a SA version of Saxon for this? > > Thanks, > -- Jeff > > Jeferson L. Sese > jeferson dot sese at asiatype dot com > Asiatype Inc. > Suite 114 Columbia Tower > Ortigas Ave., Greenhills > Mandaluyong City 1550 Philippines > Tel: +632-744-6262 > Mobile: +63927-671-7901
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