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XSLT and XPATH: A Guide to XML Transformations
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XSLT and XPATH: A Guide to XML Transformations

by John Robert Gardner, Zarella L. Rendon
July 2001
Intermediate to advanced
592 pages
11h 16m
English
Pearson
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Chapter 10. Controlling Output Options

  • <xsl:output>

  • <xsl:strip-space>

  • <xsl:preserve-space>

  • <xsl:message>

In this chapter, we will work with elements that are, for the most part, concerned with how the output from the stylesheet is handled or processed, and what kind of output it will be. The first element, <xsl:output>, is not used to create output (contrary to its name), but controls the logical structure of the output, and what kinds of processing-specific components are to be included or excluded. The other two top-level elements discussed in this chapter are the complementary pair <xsl:strip-space> and <xsl:preserve-space>. Notably, <xsl:strip-space> and <xsl:preserve-space> do not affect output directly; they govern the handling of whitespace ...

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