RE: Data Model 4.1.8 - children accessor

> In what circumstances can a document node exist which has no 
> child nodes? 

Consider:

<xsl:variable name="x">
  <xsl:message>A document with no content!</xsl:message>
</xsl:variable>

In both XSLT 1.0 and XSLT 2.0, this constructs a document node (root node in
1.0) with no children.

Michael Kay
Software AG