[DDI-users] Passing line breaks to DDI-XML

[Fredy Kuhn]

Sigbjoern,

Thank you for assistance.=20

1) Test
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I added your example to one of my XML sheets, at the beginning of =
<abstract>. Spaces are not at all preserved. Look here:

with transform: =
http://www.static.sidos.ch/idc_test.asp?dest=3Didc/000241.XML
w/o transform:  http://www.static.sidos.ch/idc/000241.XML

Any idea whats going on?


2) Passing line breaks only
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Following your example, I have to preformat all these texts, without =
knowing if it fits well on client's screen. I'd rather think of a =
possibility to let the application format the text blocks (as usual), =
with the exception to give some <br> on the way, or similar.


Regards,
Freddy


----- Original Message -----=20
From: "Sigbjorn Revheim" <Sigbjorn.Revheim@nsd.uib.no>
To: <ddi-users@icpsr.umich.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 12:38 PM
Subject: Re: [DDI-users] Passing line breaks to DDI-XML


> At 12:08 21.08.2002 +0200, you wrote:
> >Here one of my questions:
> >
> >Some database fields (abstract etc.) contain simple formatting=20
> >(paragraphs, linefeeds, bullets). Is there a way to PASS this =
information=20
> >into XML? How? Actually, all 'white space' is translated to one =
space.
> >
> >For big text elements, it would be nice to keep basic formatting like =

> >paragraphs. Can CR/LF be converted in a way to take them up by an =
XSL, and=20
> >also by Nesstar (this should rather be addressed to the Nesstar =
folks.).
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> You can use CDATA sections to preserve the white space and the =
lineshifts.
> Example:
> <![CDATA[Look, the    whitespace and the
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> line shifts have been preserved.]]>
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> Sigbjoern
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