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POXSL transformation and special XML entities escaping
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copied!<p>I have an XML file which is transformed with XSL. Some elements have to be changed, some have to be left as is - specifically, text with entities <strong>&quot;</strong>, <strong>&amp;</strong>, <strong>&apos;</strong>, <strong>&lt;</strong>, <strong>&gt;</strong> should be left as is, and in my case <strong>&quot;</strong> and <strong>&apos;</strong> are changed to <strong>"</strong> and <strong>'</strong> accordingly.</p> <p>Test XML:</p> <pre><code><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <root> <element> &quot; &amp; &apos; &lt; &gt; </element> </root> </code></pre> <p>transformation file:</p> <pre><code><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0"> <xsl:output method="xml" encoding="UTF-8" omit-xml-declaration="no" indent="no" /> <xsl:template match="element"> <xsl:copy> <xsl:value-of disable-output-escaping="no" select="." /> </xsl:copy> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> </code></pre> <p>result:</p> <pre><code><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <element> " &amp; ' &lt; &gt; </element> </code></pre> <p>desired result:</p> <pre><code><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <element> &quot; &amp; &apos; &lt; &gt; </element> </code></pre> <p>I have 2 questions:</p> <ul> <li>why does some of those entities are transformed and other not?</li> <li>how can I get a desired result?</li> </ul>

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