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RE: Re: CDATA output

Subject: RE: Re: CDATA output
From: "Michael Kay" <mhk@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 08:54:37 +0100
RE:  Re: CDATA output
> 
> but it did not work, rightfully so. So, I cannot use 
> cdata-section-elements. Right now, I am simply doing
> this:
> 
> <property name="Body">&lt;![CDATA[
> <!-- main content -->
> <xsl:apply-templates />
> ]]&gt;</property>
> 
> but that seems 'unclean' to me...
> 
Not only is it unclean, it's not going to work, unless you use
disable-output-escaping.

Why does the serialized output need to be in a CDATA section? Is it
really destined for an application that treats

  <a><![CDATA[xyz&]]></a>

differently from

  <a>xyz&amp;</a>

? If so, you should consider redesigning that application. The
XSLT/XPath data model regards the two constructs above as different
representations of the same information, and I think any sane XML
application should do likewise.

Your only alternative is to do the serialization yourself. Rather than
doing this in the logic of your stylesheet (using
disable-output-escaping), I would suggest doing it as a back-end
post-processing application - typically written as a SAX ContentHandler.

Michael Kay
Software AG
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