> So if I want to avoid all the encoded characters, I have to have my
> CDATA like:
>   <image_url><![CDATA[sample.htm ]]></image_url>
>
You don't need CDATA at all, since there aren't any characters in the CDATA
section that could be misread as markup.

> Is that correct, or I have other choice?

You could use normalize-space() in the stylesheet to remove the leading and
trailing spaces from the value.

Mike Kay
Software AG


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