Regarding the fact that <col> is one of the elements subject to
special treatment when the output method is HTML:
>This is an interesting issue. The <col> element is being produced
>by an extension function. So the output method of the extension
>function is "xml" but the output of the transformation is "html".
>To correct this problem, I would have to changed the output for
>the whole transformation, which may produce invalid html.
>Is this a bug or feature ??
>JohnG
I guess it's a bug somewhere, depending on the point-of-view of the
beholder. Possible solutions:
1. Extension functions ought to be able to ascertain the "current"
output method, which will be a dicey proposition in XSLT 2.0.
2. Pass in the name to be used, rather than assuming "col".
3. Assume a name that's not one of the special HTML names.
I like (2).
.................David Marston
