> -----Original Message-----
> From: matt [mailto:mfonda@xxxxxxxxxx]

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> However, the space is getting stripped, so the actual output is:
> <div><p>here is some <b>bold</b>and<i>italic</i>text</p></div>
> 
> Any suggestions on how to prevent this?

Matthew,

What processor are you using?  The default behavior should be to preserve
space.

*xsl:strip-space* is used to override this default behavior and
*xsl:preserve-space* is used to override the overridden element names.

I ran your example with Saxon v8.6, Saxon v6.5.4 and Xalan v2.4.1.  These
processors are correctly maintaining the white-space nodes.


HTH,

Mike

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Mike Haarman,
XSL Developer,
Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc.