Surely <test/> is canonical, and <test></test> isn't?
Or maybe I should look-up what canonical means in this context.
And I guess the next question would be "why" as all XML parsers are (or should
be) happy with the single form, shouldn't they.

Regards,
Richard.


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Roger,

One way is to see to it that the element has some kind of content

<xsl:template match="text()">
  <xsl:comment> burp </xsl:comment>
  <xsl:next-match/>
</xsl:template>

... although I would call this kind of desperate and not always a "solution".

Cheers, Wendell


Cheers, Wendell

On Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 8:15 AM Roger L Costello
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rytech.com>> wrote:
Hi Folks,

For this element:

<test>foo</test>

The following XSLT:

    <xsl:template match="*">
        <xsl:element name="{name(.)}">
            <xsl:apply-templates />
        </xsl:element>
    </xsl:template>

    <xsl:template match="text()" />

Outputs this:

<test/>

How do I get the XSLT processor to output both the start tag and the end tag:

<test></test>

/Roger




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