"G. Ken Holman" wrote:
> 
> Otherwise, the normative behaviour is to emit the result node tree using
> XML syntax conventions.

I do not agree with that. The XSL specification does not deal with the
generation of text streams: XML or otherwise. Therefore there is no
normative stream "output". The only normative output is a tree. 

You could serialize that tree as XML, Lisp S-expressions or English prose.
Of course XML is most often the most useful.

-- 
 Paul Prescod  - ISOGEN Consulting Engineer speaking for only himself
 http://itrc.uwaterloo.ca/~papresco

"The Excursion [Sport Utility Vehicle] is so large that it will come
equipped with adjustable pedals to fit smaller drivers and sensor 
devices that warn the driver when he or she is about to back into a
Toyota or some other object." -- Dallas Morning News


 XSL-List info and archive:  http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list