[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       xml-dev
Subject:    Re: [xml-dev] Handling of empty content and white space-only content?
From:       Alan Gutierrez <alan-xml-dev () engrm ! com>
Date:       2005-09-22 21:29:03
Message-ID: 20050922212903.GC24159 () maribor ! izzy ! net
[Download RAW message or body]

* Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com> [2005-09-22 08:43]:
> > If an element is declared to contain only other elements, then
> > whitespace is not significant. If, however, an element is declared
> > to contain parsable-character-data, then all whitespace is
> > significant whether or not it comes directly after or directly before
> > an element tag.
> 
> Incidentally, I hate the spelling of "white space" as two words. The term
> does not mean "space that is white" (as distinct from space that is red or
> green), therefore it should be a single word.

    Oh, well that answers my next XSLT question. I spent all day
    yesterday trying to make this work.

    <xsl:if test="normalize-greenspace(ht:div) != ''">
      <!--| Process div. |-->
    </xsl:if>

--
Alan Gutierrez - alan@engrm.com
    - http://engrm.com/blogometer/index.html
    - http://engrm.com/blogometer/rss.2.0.xml
        

-----------------------------------------------------------------
The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an
initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org>

The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/

To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription
manager: <http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/index.php>


[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]