Sounds like you are using the HTML output method instead of XML. This is
the correct representation of a processing instruction in HTML.

Michael Kay

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Maia Zaharieva
> Sent: 14 January 2004 16:15
> To: XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  copy of processing instruction
> 
> 
> hi,
> 
> what i have is a xhtml document with some processing 
> instructions in it. i want to transform it in another xhtml 
> document with some minor changes. i want to keep the 
> processing instructions as they are, so i thought simple 
> copying would do the job:
> 
> <xsl:template match="processing-instruction()">
> <xsl:copy/>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> but in this case i am missing the very last "?" of the 
> processing instruction and i get something like <?pi ....
> >
> 
> and not
> <?pi
> ...
> ?>
> 
> could anyone please tell me what is it what i am missing here?
> 
> thanks,
> maia
> 
> 
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