> I'm currently stuck to use Saxon-B so I guess xsl:strip-space is the way to
> go.

I'd be tempted to do that anyway... I'm not keen on the concept of
relying on the input being validated, it's a bit like defaulted
values.  Performance improvements through validation are one thing,
different output depending on whether the input was validated is
another.


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