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Re: CDATA block to node set.
- From: Mike Brown <mike at skew dot org>
- To: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
- Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 14:02:40 -0600 (MDT)
- Subject: Re: [xsl] CDATA block to node set.
- Reply-to: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
Morten Primdahl wrote:
> Hi. Using XSLT 1.0, is it in any way possible to load the contents of
> a CDATA block into a node-tree and process that?
>
> <a>
> <b>
> <![CDATA[ <e><f>hep</f></e> ]]>
> </b>
> </a>
>
> For example, I would like to be able to apply templates to the e and f
> elements. Am I correct if this is not possible unless I use extension
> functions?
Correct.
CDATA = "character data"
= "may look like markup, but really isn't, and should never be
treated as such"
= "no different than if all '<' were '<' and all '&' were '&'"
- Mike
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