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Re: Roundtripability of identity transform

2005-08-30 04:34:35
"Andrew" == andrew welch 
<andrew(_dot_)j(_dot_)welch(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com> writes:

    Andrew> Can it be assumed that the output of the transform:
    Andrew> <xsl:template match="@*|*|node()"> <xsl:copy>
    Andrew> <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|*|node()"/> </xsl:copy>
    Andrew> </xsl:template>

    Andrew> will be an exact copy of the input XML apart from:

    Andrew> -The output will be minus the doctype -The output will
    Andrew> contain any defaulted elements/attributes -All entities
    Andrew> will be expanded -The output might be in different
    Andrew> encoding (although I'm talking differences above the byte
    Andrew> level here).

    Andrew> Are there any other things to be aware of?

Whitespace.

-- 
Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire

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