Re: Removing namespaces without escaping CDATA???

Hmm, not really an improvement, but when things "cannot be done" and
when "things" cover a rather unusual request, I tend to try a rather
unusual approach to solving it. If you want this, really, you don't need
any d-o-e on elements, or implementation specific extension attributes.
If you'd feel comfortable with using functions or call-template to
achieve this goal, here's how, in plain portable XSLT 2.0 syntax (it is
fairly straightforward):

<xsl:output use-character-maps="cdata" />

<xsl:character-map name="cdata">
   <xsl:output-character character="&#xE0F1;" string="&lt;![CDATA["/>
   <xsl:output-character character="&#xE0F2;" string="]]>"/>
   <xsl:output-character character="&#xE0F3;" string="&lt;"/>
   <xsl:output-character character="&#xE0F4;" string="&amp;"/>
</xsl:character-map>

<xsl:template match="/">
   <xsl:copy-of select="f:make-cdata('my-cdata', 'less-then &lt; and
ampersand: &amp;')" />
</xsl:template>

<xsl:function name="f:make-cdata">
   <xsl:param name="elem-name" />
   <xsl:param name="content" />
   <xsl:element name="{$elem-name}">
       <xsl:text>&#xE0F1;</xsl:text>
       <xsl:sequence select="replace(replace($content, '&lt;',
'&#xE0F3;'), '&amp;', '&#xE0F4;')" />
       <xsl:text>&#xE0F2;</xsl:text>
   </xsl:element>
</xsl:function>

<!-- output of the above -->
<my-cdata><![CDATA[less-then < and ampersand: &]]></my-cdata>

Not that I consider this good coding, but it offers a solution to your
request (having control on which elements receive 'CDATA treatment'). I
just want to show you that you can get it any way you'd like with the
current possibilities of XSLT/XPath 2.0. Use xsl:output if the elements
are static, use xsl:result-document if they are dynamic, use the above
approach if you want full control.

I know, in your post you say you want to give some kind of xpath or
similar that points to the elements that need be escaped. This is most
easiest achieved with either a micro-pipeline (take your whole output
and process it again using the above function, but only for the required
elements) or an extra cycle.

Cheers,
-- Abel Braaksma
  http://www.nuntia.nl

PS: not that with xsl:result-document all attributes are AVTs, _except_
use-character-maps (taking multiple qnames), which means that you have
to choose your character mappings carefully to prevent collisions.

--
Regards,
Mukul Gandhi