how to force start and end tags

Hi all,

I have the following simple XSL:

<xsl:template match="para">
     <xsl:element name="p">
         <xsl:apply-templates/>
     </xsl:element>
</xsl:template>

and appropriate templates to handle <row> and <entry>

The following XML fragment

             <row>
                    <entry>
                             <para></para>
                         </entry>
                         <entry>
                             <para></para>
                         </entry>
                         <entry>
                             <para></para>
                         </entry>
                     </row>


generates the following XHTML:

        <tr>
                     <td>
                         <p />
                     </td>
                     <td>
                         <p />
                     </td>
                     <td>
                         <p />
                     </td>
              </tr>

I am using XMLSpy. Any idea why it's writing <p/> instead of <p></p>
when the <para> element has no content? It works fine when it has content.
I understand that <p /> is valid XHTML but unfortunately IE doesn't seem
to render it correctly (the table row doesn't show). Is there a way to
force it to write <p></p> instead of just <p/>?

Thnaks,
--tassos


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