Re: XML -> XML preserving CDATA

> Should pass the transformation untouched and shoud not result in
> 
> <foo>Chic&Apart</foo>
> <bar>99 < 100</bar>

If your XSLT system writes out that, it is broken, however if it writes
out

<foo>Chic&amp;Apart</foo>
<bar>99 &lt; 100</bar>

then it is doing the right thing. CDATA sections are not part of the
XPath data model. a CDATA marked section is _always_ equivalent to
the unmarked section in which all < and & are replaced by &lt; and
&amp;.

The XSLT system does not have any information about which input form was
used, so can not preserve this, it may use either form on output.

(This is a FAQ)

David

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