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Asked: 2026-05-12T05:53:26+00:00

I have an XML file that references an XSL file (like ya do) that

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I have an XML file that references an XSL file (like ya do) that until lately has generated perfectly acceptable HTML output, regardless of browser.

A new requirement has come down from on high for XHTML output for compatibility with another product. Ok, fine – I reworked my stylesheet to produce (W3C Validated) XHTML.

Previously, I would open my XML file and view the transformed output just fine in IE and FF. Now, I get all kinds of troubles. IE6, 8 and 8-in-IE7 mode display a completely blank page. Firefox 3.5.1 displays just the text nodes, completely devoid of formatting. Firefox 3.0.1 displays the page (almost) normally – aside from a white border around the page and the JavaScript doesn’t work.

Anyone know why? Here is the beginning of the XHTML output file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC 
          "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" 
          "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xml:lang="en" lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" 
      xmlns:ftid="http://www.boeing.com/FTID-ML" 
      xmlns:rev="http://www.boeing.com/FTID-ML/Revision" 
      xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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  1. Editorial Team

    The problem, believe it or not, was my title element.

    <title />

    doesn’t work. IE freaks out, loses it’s little mind and doesn’t display anything.

    <title> </title>

    cured the problem. Further information: IE is doing just fine having the XML declaration at the top…

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