RE: Can I force XSLT to output the long-form of an ele

[Chris Loschen]
> Yes, I know that '<a id="page-1"></a>' and '<a id="page-1" 
> />' are supposed 
> to be equivalent,
> but one of the tools my users use (XMetaL) doesn't. It throws 
> a validation 
> error for '<a id="page-1" />'
> but not (interestingly enough) for '<br />'. My reading of 
> what they're 
> trying to do is that they
> say that the shorthand form is allowed if and only if the element is 
> defined as EMPTY in the
> associated DTD.
> 
> In any case, I need to provide the long-form of such elements 
> or my users 
> can't edit the files
> in XMetaL. 

Well, the "a" element is not supposed to be empty, so you could put a
single space, or let in enclose an entire element rather than just mark
a point in the document.

The XML 1.0 Rec says this about the empty elements -



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