> I would like to get this (obviously):
> 
> <a class=l href="http://www.lixto.com/"><b>Lixto</b> Software 
> GmbH Home</a>
> 
> but I am getting this:
> 
> &lt;a href="http://www.lixto.com/" 
> class="l"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lixto&lt;/b&gt;
> Software GmbH Home&lt;/a&gt;
> 

You must be doing something very strange to get that. My guess would be that
you've got "elements" inside a CDATA section (that is, things that would be
elements if you hadn't put a CDATA section around them). But without seeing
what you're doing, I'm guessing.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/