- From: Joseph Kesselman <keshlam@us.ibm.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 11:45:13 -0400
- To: www-dom@w3.org
I forgot to add... Regarding the whitespace text nodes; That's something the DOM doesn't really have any choice about, since the XML Recommendation explicitly requires that all whitespace be passed through to the application. Many XML parsers have a "filtering" mode which allows applications to request that whitespace-in-element-content be discarded; check yours to see if it has that option. Note that the parser can only recognize this case if you are validating against a DTD or schema; if you don't do so, it has no way of determining which whitespace is and isn't meaningful and must deliver it all to avoid damaging the document. DOM Level 3's Load/Save chapter is considering permitting such a filter. I believe we discussed the possibility of also allowing user-written filters, so you could plug in logic to discard other unwanted information with or without a DTD's advice. ______________________________________ Joe Kesselman / IBM Research
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