On 02/10/2007, Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> When you need to apply regex matching to text that crosses node boundaries,
> in the past two approaches have been proposed:
>
> (a) create a string in which the node boundaries are represented by some
> recognizable textual markup (you could use saxon:serialize()), then apply
> the regex processing, then reinstate the node structure (e.g. by using
> saxon:parse()).

Provided the <note> elements don't break a sentence then it's not needed is it?

eg for:

"First sentence. <note>a note.<note/> Second sentence."

<xsl:template match="p">
  <xsl:apply-templates/>
</

<xsl:template match="p/text()">
  <xsl:analyze-string ...
</

<xsl:template match="p/*">
  <xsl:copy-of select="."/>
</

...should meet the requirements as described.  I guess you're
expecting the requirements to change to "First <note>note</note>
sentence." .... ?



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