Martin Honnen wrote:
> 
> 
> Tjerk Wolterink wrote:
> 
> 
>> In page.xsl there is a rule like this:
>>
>> <!--
>>  ! All html should remain html
>>  !-->
>> <xsl:template match="*[namespace-uri(.)='' or 
>> namespace-uri(.)='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml']">
>>     <xsl:copy>
>>         <xsl:for-each select="@*">
>>             <xsl:copy/>
>>         </xsl:for-each>
>>         <xsl:apply-templates select="./node()"/>
>>     </xsl:copy>
>> </xsl:template>
>>
>>
>> Maybe this rule forces <br/> to convert to <br></br>
> 
> 
> If you really want HTML output then you should strip the namespace from 
> XHTML elements e.g.
>   <xsl:template match="xhtml:*">
>     xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
>     <xsl:element name="{local-name()}">
>       <xsl:copy-of select="@*" />
>       <xsl:apply-templates />
>     </xsl:element>
>   </xsl:template>

Ok thus namespaces are not allowed in html?

I cannot wait until browser truely support xml syntax.

Another question,

How does xsl handle empty elements,
does it convert them to
<element/>
or to
<element></element>

And are there any settings in the parser to control that?