RE: Result still indented despite indent="no"

> The erratum says..
> "For source documents, the set of
> whitespace-preserving element names is specified by
> xsl:strip-space and xsl:preserve-space top-level
> elements".

And the sentence after that says:

Whether an element name is included in the set of whitespace-preserving
names is determined by the best match amongst xsl:strip-space or
xsl:preserve-space elements: it is included if and only if there is no match
or the best match is an xsl:preserve-space element

That makes it pretty clear, I think, that if there is no xsl:strip-space or
xsl:preserve-space declaration matching a particular element name, then the
element is included in the list of element names that preserve whitespace.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/



>
> And the section "3.4 Whitespace Stripping" of the spec
> says..
> "A text node is preserved if any of the following
> apply:
>
> 1) The element name of the parent of the text node is
> in the set of whitespace-preserving element names.
>
> 2) The text node contains at least one non-whitespace
> character. As in XML, a whitespace character is #x20,
> #x9, #xD or #xA.
>
> 3) An ancestor element of the text node has an
> xml:space attribute with a value of preserve, and no
> closer ancestor element has xml:space with a value of
> default.
>
> Otherwise, the text node is stripped".
>
> It seems quite clear, that point 1) above defines
> behaviour when xsl:strip-space and xsl:preserve-space
> elements *are present*. In the absence of
> xsl:strip-space and xsl:preserve-space, only rules 2)
> and 3) will apply.
>
> Since rule 3) is not holding true for example XML -
> <pre>
>  <b>bold</b>
>  <i>italic</i>
> </pre>
>
> Which text nodes will be preserved will be determined
> only by rule 2). So the "white space only text nodes"
> should be stripped.
>
> Please pardon me, because my opinion is different from
> yours.
>
> Regards,
> Mukul
>
> --- Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > > Hello Mr. Kay,
> > >   Please pardon me, because my opinion is
> > different
> > > from yours. You have refered an Erratum section
> > (E30).
> > > Its not provided in the spec
> > > URL(http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt). I cannot find it.
> > Can
> > > you please provide the URL?
> >
> > Every W3C specification provides a link to the
> > errata in the introduction to
> > the spec: see the "Status of this Document" section.
> > For XSLT 1.0 it's at
> > http://www.w3.org/1999/11/REC-xslt-19991116-errata/
> >
> > As I said, you only really need the erratum to
> > understand the rules in cases
> > when both strip-space and preserve-space are
> > present. In simple cases you
> > get the same result from the original text:
> >
> > For source documents, the set of
> > whitespace-preserving element names is
> > specified by xsl:strip-space and xsl:preserve-space
> > top-level elements.
> > These elements each have an elements attribute whose
> > value is a
> > whitespace-separated list of NameTests. Initially,
> > the set of
> > whitespace-preserving element names contains all
> > element names. If an
> > element name matches a NameTest in an
> > xsl:strip-space element, then it is
> > removed from the set of whitespace-preserving
> > element names. If an element
> > name matches a NameTest in an xsl:preserve-space
> > element, then it is added
> > to the set of whitespace-preserving element names.
> >
> > >
> > > You are saying, for the example XML -
> > > <pre>
> > >  <b>bold</b>
> > >  <i>italic</i>
> > > </pre>
> > >
> > > The first condition is true (i.e. The element name
> > of
> > > the parent of the text node is in the set of
> > > *whitespace-preserving element names*).
> > >
> > > Whereas, whitespace-preserving element names *is
> > > specified by* xsl:strip-space and
> > xsl:preserve-space
> > > elements (given in Erratum E30).
> > >
> > > Is'nt my understanding therefore right?
> >
> > I don't know what your understanding is, but in the
> > absence of
> > xsl:strip-space, all these elements are
> > whitespace-preserving and the <pre>
> > element therefore has 5 children.
> >
> > Michael Kay
> > http://www.saxonica.com/
>
>
>
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