Unwanted text in XSL output

[stuchalk]

It seems that when I start feeling confident in my XSL coding abilities I stumble on a "simple" problem like this. I am trying to generate an SVG file from an XML source file and everything looks great except I get extra text at the top of the output file...

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> Tartrazin, 1.1944mg/100mlNaNKExported PE IR WinLab Data File<!DOCTYPE svg
PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-SVG-20010 ... /svg10.dtd">
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 800 600">

The source and xsl files are in the folder linked below. Can anyone advise me what I am doing wrong? (using Saxon-HE 9.2.0.3 in oXygen 11.1)

http://chalk.coas.unf.edu/ftp/

Stuart Chalk

[adrian]

Hi,
The ftp needs authentication...

403 Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /ftp/ on this server.

Regards,
Adrian

[stuchalk]

Oops, sorry. I have fixed the permissions. It should be available now...

Stuart

[adrian]

Hello,

What you are experiencing is the cause of one of the built-in template rules:
http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt20/#built-in-rule

The built in rule that's bothering you is:

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<xsl:template match="text()|@*" mode="#all">

  <xsl:value-of select="string(.)"/>

</xsl:template>

To override it you need to add to your stylesheet:

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<xsl:template match="text()"/>

Regards,
Adrian

[stuchalk]

Thank you, XSL guru!

Stuart