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Re: XML -> XML preserving CDATA
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- Subject: Re: [xsl] XML -> XML preserving CDATA
- From: David Carlisle <davidc at nag dot co dot uk>
- Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 11:08:18 +0100
- References: <7A4C3AB94B93FF40B92EBF1B4E58ECC40BE108@fink.icteam.de>
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> Should pass the transformation untouched and shoud not result in
>
> <foo>Chic&Apart</foo>
> <bar>99 < 100</bar>
If your XSLT system writes out that, it is broken, however if it writes
out
<foo>Chic&Apart</foo>
<bar>99 < 100</bar>
then it is doing the right thing. CDATA sections are not part of the
XPath data model. a CDATA marked section is _always_ equivalent to
the unmarked section in which all < and & are replaced by < and
&.
The XSLT system does not have any information about which input form was
used, so can not preserve this, it may use either form on output.
(This is a FAQ)
David
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