RE: inline XML elements

Graham,
<xsl:template match="*|@*">
	<xsl:copy>
	 	<xsl:apply-templates select="@* | * | text()"/>
	 </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="explanation">
	<xsl:apply-templates />
</xsl:template>

Ciao Chris

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>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Graham Clark
>Sent: 19 May 2001 17:40
>To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject:  inline XML elements
>
>
>
> hi,
>
> In my XML file, the contents of one element ("explanation") are a bit of
> HTML code, just plain text with a few anchor tags. I want to use an XSL
> file to basically output the contents of the "explanation" element as HTML
> (i.e. with the anchor tags as hyperlinks). Obviously, if you just use
> xsl:value-of, it doesn't put in the links. If I was doing this in a
> programming language, I'd loop through the text in the
> "explanation" element, and every time an anchor tag was found, it would be
> ouputted as such in the HTML. How is this done with XSL, or can it even be
> done at all? I realise that a differently laid-out XML file might have
> something to do with the solution.
>
> sorry for such a long winded description, but I'd be grateful if someone
> could help.
>
> thanks,
> Graham Clark.
>
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