Use an ENTITY reference. Here are a few I've used:

<!DOCTYPE xsl:stylesheet  [
 <!ENTITY less-than  "<xsl:text 
disable-output-escaping='yes'>&lt;</xsl:text>">
 <!ENTITY greater-than "<xsl:text 
disable-output-escaping='yes'>&gt;</xsl:text>">
 <!ENTITY line-break  "<xsl:text 
disable-output-escaping='yes'>&lt;br/&gt;</xsl:text>">
 <!ENTITY space-marker "<xsl:text 
disable-output-escaping='yes'>&amp;nbsp;</xsl:text>">
 <!ENTITY break   "<xsl:text 
disable-output-escaping='yes'>&#013;</xsl:text>">
]>

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Kevin Spencer
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> This is my xml file:
> <root>
>  <node>
>    <text>Line 1
> Line 2
> Line 3
>    </text>
>  </node>
>  <node>
>    <text>Line 1
> Line 2
>    </text>
>  </node>
> </root>
>
> This is the output I want:
> Line 1
> Line 2
> Line 3
>
> Line 1
> Line 2
>
> How do I construct my xsl so that it produces a new lines because html
> ignores white space? When using <xsl:value-of
> select="/root/node/text"/>
> I have tried using <br /> in my xml however this does not parse. I have
> tried uising &lt; and &gt; also &#10; and &#13; I have tried using a
> dummy character such as '{n}' in the xml and used the translate xpath
> function to replace the '{n}' with '<br />' however get the dreaded '<'
> is an invalid character error.
>