Re: Empty Elements

On 11 Oct 2005 09:58:45 +0100, Colin Paul Adams
<colin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>> "Andrew" == andrew welch <andrew.j.welch@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>     >> > Which is basically the same as <AAA></AAA>, but is > there a
>     >> way i can preserve the <AAA></AAA> format > instead of the
>     >> <AAA/> format in thr output?
>     >> >
>     >>
>     >> No.
>
>     Andrew> Unless..... you use the 'xhtml' output method from xslt
>     Andrew> 2.0
>
> Well, that depends upon the element concerned, and you don't get a
> choice.
> If the content model for the element is not EMPTY, then it is
> serialized as <p></p> (for example), but if it is EMPTY, then it must
> be serialized as <br /> (for example).

True - whether it's useful or not comes down to the requirements - if
they are to prevent <script/> and <div class="bold"/> style problems
then it works really well (which is usually the case).

If it's so some homemade XML parser doesn't break parsing the output,
then well...