RE: handling tags and PIs within a macro

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Subject: RE: handling tags and PIs within a macro
From: Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:07:53 -0400

Nancy,

At 10:51 AM 10/23/2007, you wrote:

Hi Michael,

So how do you explain the fact that those macros are
parsed properly by the XSLTPROC according to the
defined templates, unless the macro contains the
mentioned problematic items? To add more information,
I am using Docbook XML.

It's precisely the "mentioned problematic items" that are preventing the document from being parsed, since they break the rules of XML syntax.

The rule here is pretty simple: elements can contain elements, but attribute values cannot. In order to prevent them from even trying, the parser refuses to allow them to have open tag delimiters ("open angle brackets" or "less-than signs").

So <element><child/></elem> is legal, but <elem attr="<child/>"/> is not.

Cheers,
Wendell

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Re: handling tags and PIs within a macro, (continued)
- cknell - 23 Oct 2007 14:24:21 -0000
  - Nancy Brandt - 23 Oct 2007 14:48:44 -0000
    - David Carlisle - 23 Oct 2007 15:03:38 -0000
  - Wendell Piez - 23 Oct 2007 15:03:12 -0000

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