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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt'>I&#8217;ve encountered some behaviour that I can&#8217;t understand in
a transformation that I&#8217;m currently engaged on.&nbsp; The transformations
are all pretty simple and follow the same pattern, but with just a few of them
I&#8217;m getting odd results where the element text is not being output.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt'>For example, in one case I have the following xsl:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&#8230;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>&#8230;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=darkgreen face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:darkgreen'>&lt;!--
Instance --&gt;</span></font><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'><br>
</span></font><font color="#0064c8" face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:
"Courier New";color:#0064C8'>&lt;xsl:for-each</span></font><font color="#f5844c"
face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#F5844C'>
select</span></font><font color="#ff8040" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#FF8040'>=</span></font><font
color="#993300" face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:#993300'>&quot;Instance&quot;</span></font><font color="#000096"
face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#000096'>&gt;</span></font><font
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'><br>
&nbsp; </span></font><font color="#000096" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#000096'>&lt;Instance&gt;</span></font><font
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'><br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></font><font color="#000096" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#000096'>&lt;NUMHUS&gt;</span></font><font
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'><br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></font><font color="#0064c8"
face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#0064C8'>&lt;xsl:value-of</span></font><font
color="#f5844c" face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:#F5844C'> select</span></font><font color="#ff8040" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#FF8040'>=</span></font><font
color="#993300" face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:#993300'>&quot;NUMHUS/text()&quot;</span></font><font color="#000096"
face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#000096'>/&gt;</span></font><font
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'><br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></font><font color="#000096" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#000096'>&lt;/NUMHUS&gt;</span></font><font
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'><br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></font><font color="#000096" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#000096'>&lt;REDUCEDI&gt;</span></font><font
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'><br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></font><font color="#0064c8"
face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#0064C8'>&lt;xsl:attribute</span></font><font
color="#f5844c" face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:#F5844C'> name</span></font><font color="#ff8040" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#FF8040'>=</span></font><font
color="#993300" face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:#993300'>&quot;codeListAgencyName&quot;</span></font><font color="#000096"
face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#000096'>&gt;</span></font><font
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'><br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></font><font color="#0064c8"
face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#0064C8'>&lt;xsl:text&gt;</span></font><font
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'>HESA</span></font><font color="#0064c8" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#0064C8'>&lt;/xsl:text&gt;</span></font><font
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'><br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></font><font color="#0064c8"
face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#0064C8'>&lt;/xsl:attribute&gt;</span></font><font
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'><br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></font><font color="#0064c8"
face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#0064C8'>&lt;xsl:attribute</span></font><font
color="#f5844c" face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:#F5844C'> name</span></font><font color="#ff8040" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#FF8040'>=</span></font><font
color="#993300" face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:#993300'>&quot;codeListName&quot;</span></font><font color="#000096"
face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#000096'>&gt;</span></font><font
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'><br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></font><font color="#0064c8"
face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#0064C8'>&lt;xsl:text&gt;</span></font><font
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'>REDUCEDI</span></font><font color="#0064c8" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#0064C8'>&lt;/xsl:text&gt;</span></font><font
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'><br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></font><font color="#0064c8"
face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#0064C8'>&lt;/xsl:attribute&gt;</span></font><font
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'><br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></font><font color="#0064c8"
face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#0064C8'>&lt;xsl:attribute</span></font><font
color="#f5844c" face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:#F5844C'> name</span></font><font color="#ff8040" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#FF8040'>=</span></font><font
color="#993300" face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:#993300'>&quot;languageID&quot;</span></font><font color="#000096"
face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#000096'>&gt;</span></font><font
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'><br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></font><font color="#0064c8"
face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#0064C8'>&lt;xsl:text&gt;</span></font><font
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'>en</span></font><font color="#0064c8" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#0064C8'>&lt;/xsl:text&gt;</span></font><font
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'><br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></font><font color="#0064c8"
face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#0064C8'>&lt;/xsl:attribute&gt;</span></font><font
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'><br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></font><font color="#0064c8"
face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#0064C8'>&lt;xsl:value-of</span></font><font
color="#f5844c" face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:#F5844C'> select</span></font><font color="#ff8040" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#FF8040'>=</span></font><font
color="#993300" face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:#993300'>&quot;REDUCEDI/text()&quot;</span></font><font color="#000096"
face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#000096'>/&gt;</span></font><font
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'><br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></font><font color="#000096" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#000096'>&lt;/REDUCEDI&gt;</span></font><font
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'><br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></font><font color="#000096" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#000096'>&lt;COURSEID&gt;</span></font><font
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'><br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></font><font color="#0064c8"
face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#0064C8'>&lt;xsl:value-of</span></font><font
color="#f5844c" face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:#F5844C'> select</span></font><font color="#ff8040" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#FF8040'>=</span></font><font
color="#993300" face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:#993300'>&quot;COURSEID/text()&quot;</span></font><font color="#000096"
face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#000096'>/&gt;</span></font><font
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'><br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></font><font color="#000096" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#000096'>&lt;/COURSEID&gt;</span></font><font
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'><br>
&#8230;<br>
<br>
</span></font><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt'>The source document has the following:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#000096" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#000096'>&lt;Instance&gt;</span></font><font
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'><br>
&nbsp; </span></font><font color="#000096" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#000096'>&lt;NUMHUS&gt;</span></font><font
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'>000001075369710892&nbsp; </span></font><font color="#000096"
face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#000096'>&lt;/NUMHUS&gt;</span></font><font
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'><br>
&nbsp; </span></font><font color="#000096" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#000096'>&lt;personal_id&gt;</span></font><font
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'>02002538</span></font><font color="#000096" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#000096'>&lt;/personal_id&gt;</span></font><font
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'><br>
&nbsp; </span></font><font color="#000096" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#000096'>&lt;REDUCEDI&gt;</span></font><font
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'>00</span></font><font color="#000096" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#000096'>&lt;/REDUCEDI&gt;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#000096" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#000096'>&#8230;</span></font><font
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'><br>
&nbsp; </span></font><font color="#000096" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#000096'>&lt;COURSEID&gt;</span></font><font
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'>62105201&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font><font color="#000096" face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:
"Courier New";color:#000096'>&lt;/COURSEID&gt;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#000096" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#000096'>&#8230;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt'>(Note that &lt;personal_id&gt; is not transferred to the output
document)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt'>The destination document gives:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#000096" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#000096'>&lt;Instance&gt;</span></font><font
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'><br>
&nbsp; </span></font><font color="#000096" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#000096'>&lt;NUMHUS&gt;</span></font><font
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'>000001070027710892&nbsp; </span></font><font color="#000096"
face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#000096'>&lt;/NUMHUS&gt;</span></font><font
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'><br>
&nbsp; </span></font><font color="#000096" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#000096'>&lt;REDUCEDI</span></font><font
color="#f5844c" face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:#F5844C'> codeListAgencyName</span></font><font color="#ff8040"
face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#FF8040'>=</span></font><font
color="#993300" face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:#993300'>&quot;HESA&quot;</span></font><font color="#f5844c"
face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#F5844C'>
codeListName</span></font><font color="#ff8040" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#FF8040'>=</span></font><font
color="#993300" face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:#993300'>&quot;REDUCEDI&quot;</span></font><font color="#f5844c"
face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#F5844C'>
languageID</span></font><font color="#ff8040" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#FF8040'>=</span></font><font
color="#993300" face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:#993300'>&quot;en&quot;</span></font><font color="#000096"
face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#000096'>/&gt;</span></font><font
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'><br>
&nbsp; </span></font><font color="#000096" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#000096'>&lt;COURSEID&gt;</span></font><font
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'>53705101&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font><font color="#000096" face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:
"Courier New";color:#000096'>&lt;/COURSEID&gt;</span></font><font color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:black'><br>
&nbsp; &#8230;</span></font><font face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt'>My problem is the &lt;REDUCEDI&gt; element.&nbsp; I don&#8217;t
understand why it hasn&#8217;t taken the text &#8216;00&#8217; into the
destination document as I was expecting.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt'>I&#8217;ve got what I take to be the same problem elsewhere, so I&#8217;m
hoping that solving it here will give the solution elsewhere as well.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Thanks in advance<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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10.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

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