>>>>> "Dimtre" == Dimtre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

    >> Without reading further, this is almost certainly because
    >> Microsoft (incorrectly, or at least stretching what the spec
    >> allows) strips whitespace text nodes from the document by
    >> default.

    Dimtre> Are/will the newest XPath 2.0 and XSLT 2.0 draft
    Dimtre> specifications be more strict not to allow such widely
    Dimtre> different interpretations?

XSLT 1.0 is 100% clear on this.

Microsoft are in violation of the standard.
-- 
Colin Paul Adams
Preston Lancashire