"Dimtre" == Dimtre Novatchev <dnovatchev(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com> writes:
>> Without reading further, this is almost certainly because
>> Microsoft (incorrectly, or at least stretching what the spec
>> allows) strips whitespace text nodes from the document by
>> default.
Dimtre> Are/will the newest XPath 2.0 and XSLT 2.0 draft
Dimtre> specifications be more strict not to allow such widely
Dimtre> different interpretations?
XSLT 1.0 is 100% clear on this.
Microsoft are in violation of the standard.
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Colin Paul Adams
Preston Lancashire