How to preserve XML comments in indesign cs4 document

Hi,
I have the below table xml with me:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<informaltable xmlns:aid="http://ns.adobe.com/AdobeInDesign/4.0/" xmlns:aid5="http://ns.adobe.com/AdobeInDesign/5.0/" aid:table="table" aid5:tablestyle="UNTABLE" aid:trows="4" aid:tcols="2" float="0">
<Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1" aid:ccolwidth="129" valign="top"><para aid:pstyle="CR_H1">Chronology:</para></Cell><Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1" aid:ccolwidth="129" valign="top"><para aid:pstyle="CR_H1">14,000 Years Ago to 1590 c.e.</para></Cell>
<Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1" aid:ccolwidth="129" valign="top"><para aid:pstyle="CR_UNTBL"><emphasis aid:cstyle="BOLD" role="strong">14,000 years ago</emphasis></para></Cell><Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1" aid:ccolwidth="129" valign="top"><para aid:pstyle="CR_UNTBL">Early Paleo-Indians in Florida and Pennsylvania regions, and also in Monte Verde, Chile.</para></Cell>
<Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1" aid:ccolwidth="129" valign="top"><para aid:pstyle="CR_UNTBL"><emphasis aid:cstyle="BOLD" role="strong">13,900 to 12,900</emphasis></para></Cell><Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1" aid:ccolwidth="129" valign="top"><para aid:pstyle="CR_UNTBL">Clovis hunters spread</para></Cell>
<Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1" aid:ccolwidth="129" valign="top"><para aid:pstyle="CR_UNTBL"><emphasis aid:cstyle="BOLD" role="strong">years ago</emphasis></para></Cell><Cell aid:table="cell" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1" aid:ccolwidth="129" valign="top"><para aid:pstyle="CR_UNTBL">across North America.</para></Cell>
</informaltable>
I am able to import this xml in to indeisgn document successfully. But when I export the same table out of Indesign, the xml comment <!--tgroup... is not exported.
Is there any method to preserve the comment on export. Please suggest a solution for this.
Thanks,
Gopal

You must include the comment() as one of the elements that you select to process.
It is best to use xsl:value-of or xsl:copy-of with select="informaltable/comment()" to avoid processing comments from other parts of your XML file. In other words, always make the processing of comment() specific to the location where you need to extract the content of the comment.

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Hello Sally,
First, I have only heard/read good things about the book Steve recommends. It is on my to buy list one day. Been awaiting a long deserved vaction to pick it up to read.
I approach XML files pretty much like I do any text file I am sent in that I will import or copy/paste a text file into a frame in ID and begin setting my styles. With XML, though, I first clean it up, move closing tags up to their logical close lines, remove spurious codes that mean something in HTML but don't necessarily belong in the XML file (like &#x2019 which is an apostrophe so I do a search and replace. But for   which is a non-breaking space I simply search and replace with a regular space in general), and make sure the XML validates.
Validation is much like making sure an HTML page is formed properly. I use an XML editor (XML BluePrint) and a text editor (UltraEdit) for these tasks. If I had to only have one or the other, I suppose the XML editor is what I would use.
I always show the import options when I import the XML and make sure that I link to the file.
So once a sample of the XML is on a page in ID (via File | Import XML), I highlight text within a tag, say like in your example above, the Providor name, and make it like I want and then create a new style. I generally name the styles as per the XML tag. Later on, that makes mapping tags to styles a little easier.
Once I set up all the styles preliminarily, I map the tags to styles. You can do that either via the Tags palette or via the Structure Pane that will appear once the XML is imported. In both cases, it is found via the flyout menu at the top right of their respective windows.
After mapping my styles to the tags, I select the root element in the Structure Pane (the topmost element. In your sample above it is "providors" and delete it. This removes the XML in your ID file. But the styles and tags are still present.
Then I import the XML again and look to makes sure all the tags/elements are styled as intended. I then correct any errors/ommissions. Then...I'll delete the XML again and import the full XML file.
I can upload what I did with your XML sample above so you can compare it to your source file if you would like. You would then see how/where I moved tags. Now, moving the tags is only "necessary" to avoid all the extra blank paragraphs. That can be accomplished by ID's search/replace, too. But I like to start out with the XML cleaned up, so I take the few minutes to do it.
Take care, Mike

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