RE: including the HTML <BR> in XSL template

However, right after the syntax of the <xsl:output> element in Section 16,
we have:

	The xsl:output element allows stylesheet authors to specify how they
wish the 	result tree to be output. If an XSLT processor outputs the
result tree, it 	should do so as specified by the xsl:output element;
however, it is not 	required to do so.

So, my understanding is that the <xsl:output> element only provides hints to
the XSLT processor; and the processor can ignore the hints. Is my
understanding accurate?

Regards,
Khun Yee


-----Original Message-----
From: David Marston/CAM/Lotus [mailto:David_Marston@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 10:51 AM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: including the HTML <BR> in XSL template



Matt says:
>Some browsers just don't like the <BR/> format, and display two empty
>lines with the <BR></BR> format.

I think Betty was trying to present a real solution. Putting it all
together:
1. xsl:output method="html" specified
2. Stylesheet says to output <BR/>
3. XSLT processor takes (1) into account when performing (2), so it
   actually generates <BR>

As already mentioned, the above behavior is required by the XSLT
spec (Section 16.2, paragraph 4), so you can depend on it. Xalan has
been tested and shown to do the above correctly.
.................David Marston


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