<xsl:character-map 
  name = qname 
  [use-character-maps = qnames]> 
  [<xsl:output-character> ...] 
</xsl:character-map> 

<xsl:output name="htmlDoc" use-character-maps="htmlDoc" /> 
  
<xsl:character-map name="htmlDoc" 
  use-character-maps="html-chars doc-entities windows-format" /> 
   
<xsl:character-map name="html-chars" 
  use-character-maps="latin1 ..." /> 
  
<xsl:character-map name="latin1"> 
  <xsl:output-character character="&#160;" string="&amp;nbsp;" /> 
  <xsl:output-character character="&#161;" string="&amp;iexcl;" /> 
  ... 
</xsl:character-map> 
  
<xsl:character-map name="doc-entities"> 
  <xsl:output-character character="&#xE400;" string="&amp;t-and-c;" /> 
  <xsl:output-character character="&#xE401;" string="&amp;chap1;" /> 
  <xsl:output-character character="&#xE402;" string="&amp;chap2;" /> 
  ... 
</xsl:character-map> 
  
<xsl:character-map name="windows-format"> 
  <!-- newlines as CRLF --> 
  <xsl:output-character character="&#xA;" string="&#xD;&#xA;" /> 
  
  <!-- tabs as three spaces --> 
  <xsl:output-character character="&#x9;" string="   " /> 
  
  <!-- images for special characters --> 
  <xsl:output-character character="&#xF001;" 
    string="&lt;img src='special1.gif' /&gt;" /> 
  <xsl:output-character character="&#xF002;" 
    string="&lt;img src='special2.gif' /&gt;" /> 
  ... 
</xsl:character-map>