> I don't fully agree with you here. I'm not sure what "pure" 
> XSLT is about, but instructions like xsl:character-map are 
> part of the core
> (pure?) XSLT language 

By "pure XSLT" I meant the transformation part of XSLT as distinct from the
serialization part - xsl:character-map is a serialization control.

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