Frank Peterson wrote:
> I need to convert the <BR> in the following XML file to <br /> but I
> cant figure out how.

There is no such tag as <BR> in that file.

It's in a CDATA section so it isn't markup: it's just a less-than sign, 
a B, an R, and a greater-than sign.

This is why using CDATA sections for "hiding" or "passing" markup is 
almost always wrong, and the result of insufficient understanding of the 
nature of the problem. See http://xml.silmaril.ie/authors/cdata/

> XML:
[snip]
> <details> <![CDATA[  The couple enjoyed a week-long honeymoon in
> Cancun, Mexico.<BR> And now reside in Los Angeles ]]> </details>

The only way around it now is to write an XSLT template for text() and 
test it recursively for the presence of the string "<BR>", then output 
the substring-before and "<br/>" and pass the the substring-after 
through to the next cycle.

To avoid this in the future, don't allow the creator to embed SGML-style 
EMPTY elements in XML text. Turn them into XML first, and then there is 
no need to use the CDATA. It can be hard when you have to deal with poor 
quality data sources, but that's what pattern-matching stream editors 
are for :-)

///Peter