[uf-dev] Proper use of value

[Michael Kaply]

OK, how about this.

When retrieving individual values from the documenting if there is any
whitespace, it is collapsed into one space, and leading and trailing white
space is NOT removed.

After the values have been concatenated to create the final value, if there
is any whitespace, it is collapsed into one space, and leading and trailing
whitespace IS removed.

So all of these:

<fn>
<value>John</value>
<value> </value>
<value>Doe</value>
</fn>
<fn>
<value>John</value>
<value>          </value>
<value>Doe</value>
</fn>
<fn>
<value>              John</value>
<value> </value>
<value>Doe                </value>
</fn>
<fn>
<value>John                 </value>
<value>              </value>
<value>                 Doe</value>
</fn>
<fn>
<value>John                 </value>
<value>                 Doe</value>
</fn>
<fn>
<value>          John                 </value>
<value>                 Doe          </value>
</fn>

become

|John Doe|

but this:

<fn>
<value>John</value>
<value>Doe</value>
</fn>

becomes


|JohnDoe|

Does that sound right?

Michael Kaply
Firefox Advocate
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