• From: Michael Kay <mike@s...>
• To: Roger L Costello <costello@m...>
• Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2022 00:09:36 +0000

> 
> David, would you please give an example of an XML leaf element that would result in the W3C DOM producing two adjacent text nodes? Would this leaf element:
> 
> <Test>abc def</Test>
> 
> result in the W3C DOM producing two adjacent text nodes?
> 
> What is the reasoning behind creating two adjacent text nodes?
> 

You can construct a DOM programmatically, by adding and removing nodes at will. This means you can construct a DOM tree that does not correspond to any lexical XML document.

Michael Kay
Saxonica

• References:
  • Re: [Summary] How can the content of a leaf element bemultiple text nodes?
    • From: Roger L Costello <costello@m...>