>>>>> "Terry" == Terry Ofner <tofner@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

    Terry> My second template is outputting the elements that DON'T
    Terry> have a class="stem_mc" attributes. Why is it doing that?

It isn't. The built-in template does that for you.

    Terry> I am using saxon8. Is this the command-line option I would
    Terry> use?

    Terry> -vw Treat validation errors on result document as warnings

No. I don't THINK Saxon has an equivalent option.
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Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire