> How can i preserve the characters references in the
> result tree?

Neither a source tree nor a result tree can contain character
references. Character references belong only in the world of serialized
(angle-bracket) XML. Because XSLT works on trees, it never sees
character references and can only generate them in its final
serialization phase.

Michael Kay 


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