Mark C.,
Thanks, gotta get more sleep.

Mike Ferrando
Library of Congress
Washington, DC

--- Mark Carlson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hey Mike, "html" and "text" are both valid, see:
>
> http://www.w3schools.com/xsl/el_output.asp
>
> On Thu, 8 Jul 2004, Mike Ferrando wrote:
>
> > Elizabeth S.,
> > I think you meant to write the following XSL:
> >
> > <xsl:output method="text" encoding="ascii"/>
> >
> > There is no value 'html' for the method attribute.
> >
> > Mike Ferrando
> > Library of Congress
> > Washington, DC
> >
> >
> > --- Elizabeth Shaw <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Okay in the example I gave you I assumed that you wanted your
> > > character
> > > set in UTF-8. The XSLT processor resolved character entities ot
> > > their
> > > UTF-8 representations.
> > >
> > > That is only a problem if you can't read UTF-8 with your
> software.
> > > If
> > > you must use the character entities then you should change your
> > > character set for the output to ascii or latin-1.
> > >
> > > So the beginning of your document should look like this
> > >
> > > <?xml version="1.0" ?>
> > > <!DOCTYPE xsl:stylesheet [
> > >
> > > <!ENTITY nbsp ' '>
> > >
> > > ]>
> > >
> > > <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
> > > xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
> > >
> > > <xsl:output method="html" encoding="ascii"/>
> > >
> > > This then retains the character entities in the output.
> > >
> > > There is no reason to use disable output in this case.
> > >
> > >  From a purely technical perspective this is the right way to
> do
> > > this
> > > and the others are kluges.
> > >
> > >
> > > As to hte five default entities they are
> > > amp
> > > lt
> > > gt
> > > quot
> > > apos
> > >
> > > Each of these have special meaning to processors of XML.
> > > The lt sign < is the beginning of the tag
> > > the gt >indicates the end of the tag
> > > the amp & indicates the beginning of an entity (character or
> > > general)
> > > the quot " and  apos ' are both used to encapsulate the values
> of
> > > attributes.
> > > So XML provides entities to "escape" these characters.
> > >
> > > THe default character set for XML (if you do not state
> otherwise)
> > > is
> > > UTF-8. So when processing you need to keep in mind that they
> are
> > > going
> > > to resolve entities by default to the UTF-8 character.
> > > Any character entity other than the above 5 can be managed by
> the
> > > method
> > > above.
> > >
> > > Liz Shaw
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Steven Bernstein wrote:
> > > > Dear EJ,
> > > >
> > > >        Very good answer. Am curious though, what are the 5
> > > default
> > > > entities in XML?      Steve Bernstein
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >>>>[log in to unmask] 7/7/2004 7:19:27 PM >>>
> > > >>>
> > > > Since &nbsp; is not one of the 5 default entities in XML you
> need
> > > to
> > > > include an entity declaration at the top of your styelsheet.
> > > >
> > > > <?xml version="1.0"?>
> > > >
> > > > <!DOCTYPE xsl:stylesheet [
> > > >
> > > > <!ENTITY nbsp ' '>
> > > >
> > > > ]>
> > > >
> > > > <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
> > > >
> > > >   .....and so on
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Liz Shaw
> > > > Aziza Technology Associates
> > > > http://www.azizatech.com
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Rees, John (NIH/NLM) wrote:
> > > >
> > > >>I'm having trouble getting the &nbsp: entity to output using
> XSL.
> > > >
> > > > From
> > > >
> > > >>XML.com, <xsl:text
> disable-output-escaping="yes">&lt;</xsl:text>
> > > >>
> > > >>produces the angle bracket, but I get a parse error with
> &nbsp;.
> > > >
> > > > Perhaps
> > > >
> > > >>this is an XT issue?
> > > >>
> > > >>Any advice is appreciated.
> > > >>
> > > >>John
> > > >>
> > > >>John P. Rees
> > > >>Associate Curator, Modern Manuscripts
> > > >>History of Medicine Division
> > > >>National Library of Medicine
> > > >>8600 Rockville Pike
> > > >>Bethesda, MD 20894
> > > >>
> > > >>Phone: 301.496.8953
> > > >>Fax: 301.402.7034
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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