On 26.6.2015 5:49, George Bina wrote:
I think that is removed by step 3 in http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt20/#stylesheet-stripping
Exactly. One has to keep in mind that rules for whitespace stripping are different for input XML documents and for XSLT stylesheets. Usually this works in an intuitive way, but once XML data are put inside XSLT stylesheet it can produce unexpected behaviour. In Wendell's case, easy fix would be using xml:space="preserve": <xsl:variable name="mixed" as="element()"> <mixed xml:space="preserve">Here is mixed content, including <one>children</one> <two>with nothing</two> but whitespace between them.</mixed> </xsl:variable> Also please note that xml:space can't be put on xsl:variable in this case as text node before <mixed> would break type annotation. Jirka -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jirka Kosek e-mail: jirka@kosek.cz http://xmlguru.cz ------------------------------------------------------------------ Professional XML and Web consulting and training services DocBook/DITA customization, custom XSLT/XSL-FO document processing ------------------------------------------------------------------ OASIS DocBook TC member, W3C Invited Expert, ISO JTC1/SC34 rep. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Bringing you XML Prague conference http://xmlprague.cz ------------------------------------------------------------------