It seems to me that even in XSLT 2.0 one would need to
convert a string to a text node in order to be able to apply
templates on it.
Probably Jeni and Mike could explain?
That's correct, apply-templates works only on nodes.
But I lost the context of the discussion a long time ago - I don't
follow every thread!
Michael Kay
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