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RE: XML apparently cannot be used for general text markup: whitespace gripe
- From: "Michael Kay" <michael dot h dot kay at ntlworld dot com>
- To: <xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com>
- Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 14:39:08 -0000
- Subject: RE: [xsl] XML apparently cannot be used for general text markup: whitespace gripe
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> I have always believed mixed
> content should
> be avoided where possible, but I have a few questions:
>
> 1- Is there a concensus on this issue? Is it really a problem?
Mixed content is what <emph>markup</emph> is all about.
>
> 2- From an xsl processing perspective, is text node
> processing (such as
> text()[1]) equivalent to normal element processing?
Explain the question?
>
> 3- Should this problem be dealt with at xml level, or should
> it not matter to the xsl developer?
>
It matters to both the XML author and the stylesheet author.
Michael Kay
Software AG
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work: Michael.Kay@softwareag.com
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