> <SOME_TAG/>
> <SOME_TAG  SOME_ATTRIBUTE="some_value"/>
> <SOME_TAG>    </SOME_TAG>
> <SOME_TAG>some_text_here</SOME_TAG>
> 
> For my purpose  all but the last one above are empty elements 
> and need to be ignored.

<xsl:if test="not(normalize-space(.))"/>

Mike Kay
> 


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