RE: Removing empty element tags

Hi.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> jeff.day@xxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 4:16 PM
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> Subject:  Removing empty element tags
> 
> 
> Hi
> 
> I wish to create a copy of an XML that is identical to the 
> original except that any empty element tags do not appear in 
> the new XML.
> 
> My definition of an empty element is:
> 
> 1. It contains no text (whitespace counts as empty)
>    and
> 2. It has no attributes
>    and
> 3. It has no children
> 
> I tried tinkering with...
> 
> 
> <xsl:template match="node()|@*">
>   <xsl:copy>
>     <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
>   </xsl:copy>
> </xsl:template>
> 
>  <xsl:template match="*[not(normalize-space())]"/>

<xsl:template match="*[not(normalize-space()) and not(@*) and not(*)]"/>

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