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RE: [xml-dev] xsl -- Inserting a DOCTYPE if needed

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To: "'Caro, Samuel'" <Samuel.Caro@USAHQ.UnitedSpaceAlliance.com>,<xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
Subject: RE: [xml-dev] xsl -- Inserting a DOCTYPE if needed
From: "Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@ntlworld.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 09:48:03 -0000
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In-reply-to: <4247B57F015DD31197D300805FFEEE1893AAF9@usahoum1.unitedspacealliance.com>
Reply-to: <michael.h.kay@ntlworld.com>

> How would write a XSL file that inserts the DOCTYPE only and
> only if not present?
>

You can't. The DOCTYPE declaration is not part of the InfoSet or the XPath
data model, therefore your stylesheet can't determine whether or not the
original document had a DOCTYPE or not.

Michael Kay
Software AG
home: Michael.H.Kay@ntlworld.com
work: Michael.Kay@softwareag.com

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