Hypothetical Document construction using JS & XML

I work for an ad agency that produces large technical brochures for automotive clients and we're looking for ways to automate a lot of the more data-intensive areas of content population and build.
What I have is a basic idea that the client could build and populate content tables using an online application (much like excel, but with the ability to associate each cell, row or column with a particular data type [titles, bullets, rules, etc.], then this would generate a js file to tell indesign how to build a template and xml to populate it.
The problem we have is that each brochure is different to a certain degree from the previous, so the process needs to be flexible upfront yet easy for the client to imput data. This element is clear. Where I struggle is in understanding the technical process of pairing xml and js and if it's totally feasible to let these work together, generate stylesheets and actually 'design' the document automatically.
Is this possible using the current abilities of indesign? Is it a difficult process to get a js file to work with an xml file to get a working template with all of the tagging and structure elements of the document build?

Almost everything in the document is available to scripting. Without scripting, the file format IDML can also represent the same data. IDML is a collection of XML files, packaged into a zip file. So, InDesign can handle its part.
As you already foresee, the problem comes with flexibility. Basically the more options you'll offer to the client, the more implementation work has to go into the glue code that ties everything together. Major components involved are the web server with its application (probably a customized content management system), its database and InDesign Server - the same program as InDesign Desktop, but with a license for web service, and faster because of optimizations and removed UI.
The web server adds the web UI to choose from the libraries or fill in parameter sheets. These are stored in the database, so you need a management system. The server then validates user data and then also stores the whole working data, users choices and so forth in its database. It then passes an extract of the data on towards InDesign - it invokes scripts, delivers XML, it may even control InDesign through remote commands, or it produces the mentioned IDML and invokes less scripts to load and render, but that's just a technical detail, the operations are equivalent.
You - your script, but in principle same as for manual work - will build or eventually update your documents from a library of partial templates, fill in the data and produce a first rough document. Then you will clean up the layout according to predefined rules - images should stay with their text, tables should not break except for those two, some data needs different master pages and so forth. Deliver to the client for preview, and start over again.
Also consider that instead of web UI the client may already have the data ready in their system, so for some data it will be an import task. On the other hand, for your preparations you will soon also need a management system for all those template libraries, and rules which of them may be used together, access control so that previous year's versions are not accidentally used and so forth. Besides you may need a "workflow" mechanism to pass on the prepared product for final human corrections, or more glue code so it is imported into your existing production system.
Everything doable, and it would be an interesting project for many people around here with enough spare time, but be prepared for much effort (team size, and duration) to get it going. Of course you can start with low budget, small steps and continuous growth. In the long run even to handle such a project requires specialized skills. On the other hand some components or a system close to your wishes may already be available from external vendors. Just to find them, to evaluate the products against your requirements can also easily cost you weeks.
Dirk

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Exception in thread "main" org.xml.sax.SAXException: Error: URI=null Line=2: s4s-elt-schema-ns: The namespace of element 'catalog' must be from the schema name space.
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1115)
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plz get back to me as soon as possible it is urgent.
thanx
java File
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import org.xml.sax.*;
import org.xml.sax.helpers.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
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Edited by: Enyix on 26/02/2012 11:21 PM
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            System.out.println("Error occurs during the parse :"+ tce.getMessageAndLocation());
        catch (TransformerException te) {
            System.out.println("Error in result transformation :"+ te.getMessageAndLocation());
} CreateXMLFile.java class :-
Sax.startDocument();
Sax.startValidation();
Sax.startElement("", "pdf", "pdf", new AttributesImpl());
Sax.startElement("", "basic-metadata", "basic-metadata", new AttributesImpl());
String xmp_str = new String(meta_data.getByteArray(),"UTF8");
char[] xmp_arr = xmp_str.toCharArray();
Sax.characters(xmp_arr, 0, xmp_arr.length);
Sax.endElement("", "pdf", "pdf");
Sax.endValidation();
Sax.endDocument();
Sax.endElement("", "basic-metadata", "basic-metadata");* In CreateXMLFile.java
class, I have retreived the xml content in the meta_data object, after that i have converted into character array and this will be sends to SAX
* In this case , the XML file created successfully but the retreived XML content added as an text in between basic-metadata Element, that is, retreived XML content
is not an XML type text, it just an Normal text Why that ?
* Please help me what is the problem in my code?
Cheers,
JavaImran

Sax.startDocument();
Sax.startValidation();
Sax.startElement("", "pdf", "pdf", new AttributesImpl());
Sax.startElement("", "basic-metadata", "basic-metadata", new AttributesImpl());
String xmp_str = new String(meta_data.getByteArray(),"UTF8");
char[] xmp_arr = xmp_str.toCharArray();
Sax.characters(xmp_arr, 0, xmp_arr.length);
</code><code>Sax.endElement("", "basic-metadata", "basic-metadata");</code>
<code class="jive-code jive-java">Sax.endElement("", "pdf", "pdf");
Sax.endValidation();
Sax.endDocument();
* I HAVE CHANGED MY AS PER YOUR SUGGESTION, NOW SAME RESULT HAS COMING.
* I AM NOT ABLE TO GET THE EXACT OUTPUT.,WHY THAT ?
Thanks,
JavaImran{code}

Connect to SharePoint web service using the XML / Web Service connector

Hi experts,
I am currently trying to display my SharePoint list in Crystal Report. Therefore my plan is to use a SharePoint web service to get the data and paste them to the Crystal Report.
Is it possible to use the "XML and Web services" connector of the Crystal Reports database expert?
When I enter the web service URL, for instance:
https://[url]/_vti_bin/lists.asmx?wsdl
and click next... I have to enter the web service credentials.
On the next page I have to enter Service, Port and Method.
Do I have to enter the service URL again here?
What If, there is no port? Can I leave that field empty?
I know the methods, but where can I add the mandatory parameters?
Thanks for any helps and comments!
Sebastian

Hi Ananth,
thank you, but this document does not help at all.
We are using Crystal Reports 2008 SP2.
We want to use the Web Service Connector.
What I need is more informationen about the Web service connect. For example - the connection in Microsoft InfoPath is much easier - there I don't have to enter a port and can choose the methods from a list.
Is it possible to use the Crystal web service connector for MS SharePoint Webservices?
Or must I use the Crystal SDK to carry out a connection?
Best regards,
Sebastian

Problems using java.xml.xpath - How to get values from DTMNodeList?

Sorry for the waffle in the subject title, but I was unsure what to call it. I hope this thread is in the correct forum.
I'm having problems using xpath to parse some data from an XML file. I am able to create an expression which obtains the elements I wish to retreive, but I'm unsure on how to go about getting their values. So far I have..
public int getTerms(int PMID)
          String uri = "http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/efetch.fcgi?db=pubmed&id="
                       + PMID + "&retmode=xml";
          // Create an XPath object with the XPathFactory class
          XPathFactory factory = XPathFactory.newInstance();
          XPath xPath = factory.newXPath();
          // Define an InputSource for the XML article
          InputSource inputSource = new InputSource(uri);
          // Create the expression
          String expression = "/PubmedArticleSet/PubmedArticle/MedlineCitation/MeshHeadingList/MeshHeading/DescriptorName";
          // Use this expression to obtain a NodeSet of all the MeSH Headings for the article
          try
               DTMNodeList nodes = (DTMNodeList) xPath.evaluate(expression,
                     inputSource, XPathConstants.NODESET);
               int length = nodes.getLength();
               String[] terms = new String[length];
               // Test mesh terms are being stored.
                *for (int i=0; i<length; i++)*
*                    System.out.println(i + ": " + nodes.item(i).getNodeValue());*
                                                return nodes.getLength();
          catch (XPathExpressionException e2)
          { System.out.println("Article with PMID " + PMID + " has no associated MeSH terms");}
          // return a default
          return 0;
     } The part in bold is the problematic code. I wish to retreive the values of each of the nodes I have taken into my DTMNodeList using a for loop to iterate through each node, and use the getNodeValue() method from the Node class which should return a string. However, the values I retreive are NULL. In the test document I use, the elements do have values.
Here is a snippet of the XML file I am reading in:
<MeshHeadingList>
<MeshHeading>
<DescriptorName MajorTopicYN="N">Binding Sites</DescriptorName>
</MeshHeading>
- <MeshHeading>
<DescriptorName MajorTopicYN="N">Chromatium</DescriptorName>
<QualifierName MajorTopicYN="Y">enzymology</QualifierName>
</MeshHeading>
- <MeshHeading>
<DescriptorName MajorTopicYN="Y">Cytochrome c Group</DescriptorName>
</MeshHeading>
- <MeshHeading>
<DescriptorName MajorTopicYN="N">Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy</DescriptorName>
</MeshHeading>
- <MeshHeading>
<DescriptorName MajorTopicYN="N">Flavins</DescriptorName>
</MeshHeading>
- <MeshHeading>
<DescriptorName MajorTopicYN="N">Heme</DescriptorName>
</MeshHeading>
- <MeshHeading>
<DescriptorName MajorTopicYN="N">Hydrogen-Ion Concentration</DescriptorName>
</MeshHeading>
- <MeshHeading>
<DescriptorName MajorTopicYN="N">Iron</DescriptorName>
<QualifierName MajorTopicYN="N">analysis</QualifierName>
</MeshHeading>
- <MeshHeading>
<DescriptorName MajorTopicYN="N">Magnetics</DescriptorName>
</MeshHeading>
- <MeshHeading>
<DescriptorName MajorTopicYN="N">Oxidation-Reduction</DescriptorName>
</MeshHeading>
- <MeshHeading>
<DescriptorName MajorTopicYN="N">Protein Binding</DescriptorName>
</MeshHeading>
- <MeshHeading>
<DescriptorName MajorTopicYN="N">Protein Conformation</DescriptorName>
</MeshHeading>
- <MeshHeading>
<DescriptorName MajorTopicYN="N">Temperature</DescriptorName>
</MeshHeading>
</MeshHeadingList>Any help would be appreciated.. thanks :-)

Answered my own question....
The element value is actually the child of the node I am current at, so instead of doing:
i + ": " + nodes.item(i).getNodeValue()); I should have really done:
i + ": " + nodes.item(i).getChildNode().getNodeValue());

In Reply to : How to validate org.jdom.Document object using xsd: dvohra09

Hi All
I am creating org.jdom.Document object using constructor Document() and adding children using setRootElement(), setChildren() and addContent() methods. The children are objects of org.jdom.Element. If i want to validate the org.jdom.Document using xsd what i have to do. Thanks in anticipation.

I tried the below code and it is always giving the
Parsing fatal error : The markup in the document preceding the root element must be well-formed.
But it is possible to validate the same Document object as right document after writing it onto xml file using XMLOutputter and parsing it using DOMParser
Thanks in anticipation
org.jdom.Document document;
String documentString=document.toString();
StringReader stringReader=new
StringReader(documentString);
SAXBuilder saxBuilder =new
SAXBuilder("org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser",true);
saxBuilder.setFeature("http://xml.org/sax/features/vali
ation", true);
saxBuilder.setFeature("http://apache.org/xml/features/v
lidation/schema", true);
saxBuilder.setFeature("http://apache.org/xml/features/v
lidation/schema-full-checking", true);
//Set a error handler with
setErrorHandler(org.xml.sax.ErrorHandler errorHandler)
saxBuilder.build(stringReader);

B2B Document Definition - Using xpath 'or' in Identification Value

Hello,
I have a requirement similar to the one below, this is an example from the Oracle documentation,
In the below example, Oracle B2B compares the value of the country attribute to the value set for Identification Value. If the values match, then the document is identified successfully. I have a scenario, where I will receive data with value in the country attribute to be "US" or "France" or "India". Can an 'or' be used in the identification value? such as US or France or India as the Identification values for the Identification Expression "//*/@country".
Any ideas / suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Option 3: Check the Value of an Attribute
Assume that the value of the country attribute is US. Set the parameters as follows:
Field
Value
Identification Value
US
Identification Expression
//*/@country
Here is the excerpt of the XML payload for this option.
Check the Value of an Attribute
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252" ?>
<MyAddress country="US" xmlns="http://www.example.org"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="PO.xsd">
<name>B2B Buyer</name>
<street>100 Oracle Parkway</street>
<city>Redwood City</city>
<state>CA</state>
<zip>94065</zip>
</MyAddress>
Thanks,
Venkatesh

Hi,
I am interested to know if you managed to make any progress on this issue?
We have a similar requirement whereby a trading partner sends an ebMS request using a single document type with the ebMS ACTION header identifying the action the request relates to. For example, the following are the key fields from two requests:
1)
SENDER_NAME = TradingPartnerX
RECEIVER_NAME = OurCompanyName
SERVICE_NAME = Manage Work
SERVICE_TYPE = v1.0
BUSINESS_ACTION_NAME = assignWork
Payload = <ManageWorkRequest>...</ManageWorkRequest>
2)
SENDER_NAME = TradingPartnerX
RECEIVER_NAME = OurCompanyName
SERVICE_NAME = Manage Work
SERVICE_TYPE = v1.0
BUSINESS_ACTION_NAME = updateWork
Payload = <ManageWorkRequest>...</ManageWorkRequest>
Where the Payloads of the two requests could potentially be identical.
Currently, we have the following configuration:
- Custom xml document type for ManageWorkRequest:
- Action name: (blank)
- Service name: (blank)
- Service type: (blank)
- From Role: (blank)
- To Role: (blank)
- Validate ebMS Header: unchecked
- Custom xml document definition for ManageWorkRequest:
- XML Identification Expression (XPath): //*[local-name() = 'ManageWorkRequest']
- XML Identification Value: (blank)
- TradingPartnerX Documents:
- Definition added for ManageWorkRequest
    - both 'Sender' and 'Receiver' checked
- Document Details:
    - Override DocType Param: checked
    - Document Type ebMS:
      - Action name: (blank)
      - Service name: Manage Work
      - Service type: v1.0
      - From Role: Buyer
      - To Role: Supplier
      - Validate ebMS Header: unchecked
- Agreement setup between OurCompanyName and TradingPartnerX for inbound communication from TradingPartnerX to OurCompanyName
When TradingPartnerX attempts to send an assignWork ManageWorkRequest, B2B fails to identify which document type and agreement it relates to. After increasing the B2B logging level, the following can be seen in the soa_server1-diagnostic.log file:
[2013-11-19T11:16:39.881+10:00] [soa_server1] [TRACE] [] [oracle.soa.b2b.repository] [tid: Workmanager: , Version: 0, Scheduled=false, Started=false, Wait time: 0 ms\n] [userId: <anonymous>] [ecid: ccce6c0f16adb222:111ddc50:142539e3958:-7ffd-000000000013a96f,0] [APP: soa-infra] [SRC_CLASS: oracle.tip.b2b.log.ToplinkLogger] [SRC_METHOD: log] 2013.11.19 11:16:39.880--ServerSession(606155273)--Connection(692532584)--Thread(Thread[Workmanager: , Version: 0, Scheduled=false, Started=false, Wait time: 0 ms[[
,10,Application Daemon Threads])--SELECT ID, DIRECTION, APPS_DOCTYPE_NAME, DOC_DEF_NAME, APPS_DOC_PROTOCOL_VERSION, DOC_DEF_TIMESTAMP, APPS_DOCUMENT, DOC_PROTOCOL_NAME, APPS_XSLTFILE, DOC_PROTOCOL_VERSION, ATTRIBUTE1, DOC_REF_NAME, ATTRIBUTE3, DOC_ROUTING_ID, ATTRIBUTE5, DOCTYPE_NAME, ATTRIBUTE7, FROM_DC, ATTRIBUTE9, BUSINESS_ACTION_NAME, LABEL, CREATED, LABEL_DESC, APPS_DOC_PROTOCOL_NAME, MODIFIED, APPS_ACTION, RECEIVER_NAME, ATTRIBUTE2, SENDER_NAME, ATTRIBUTE6, SERVICE_NAME, ATTRIBUTE10, SERVICE_TYPE, DEFINITION_MO, STATE, AGREEMENT_ID, TO_DC, ATTRIBUTE8, TPA_NAME, IS_CUSTOM, TPA_REFERENCE, ATTRIBUTE4, CREATED_BY_UI, USER_NAME, CONTROL_NUMBER_SET FROM B2B_LIFECYCLE WHERE ((SENDER_NAME = ?) AND ((RECEIVER_NAME = ?) AND ((BUSINESS_ACTION_NAME = ?) AND ((SERVICE_NAME = ?) AND ((SERVICE_TYPE = ?) AND ((DIRECTION = ?) AND (STATE = ?)))))))
        bind => [TradingPartnerX, OurCompanyName, assignWork, Manage Work, v1.0, INBOUND, Active]
[2013-11-19T11:16:39.883+10:00] [soa_server1] [ERROR] [] [oracle.soa.b2b.engine] [tid: Workmanager: , Version: 0, Scheduled=false, Started=false, Wait time: 0 ms\n] [userId: <anonymous>] [ecid: ccce6c0f16adb222:111ddc50:142539e3958:-7ffd-000000000013a96f,0] [APP: soa-infra] Error -: B2B-50547: Agreement not found for trading partners: FromTP TradingPartnerX, ToTP OurCompanyName with document type ACTION:assignWork Service:Manage Work ServiceTypev1.0-INBOUND.[[
        at oracle.tip.b2b.tpa.RepoDataAccessor.queryAgreementMO(RepoDataAccessor.java:866)
        at oracle.tip.b2b.tpa.RepoDataAccessor.getAgreementDetails(RepoDataAccessor.java:415)
        at oracle.tip.b2b.tpa.TPAProcessor.processTPA(TPAProcessor.java:465)
        at oracle.tip.b2b.tpa.TPAProcessor.processIncomingTPA(TPAProcessor.java:243)
        at oracle.tip.b2b.engine.Engine.processIncomingMessageImpl(Engine.java:2560)
        at oracle.tip.b2b.engine.Engine.processIncomingMessage(Engine.java:1751)
        at oracle.tip.b2b.engine.Engine.incomingContinueProcess(Engine.java:4258)
        at oracle.tip.b2b.engine.Engine.handleMessageEvent(Engine.java:3856)
        at oracle.tip.b2b.engine.Engine.processEvents(Engine.java:3309)
        at oracle.tip.b2b.engine.ThreadWorkExecutor.processEvent(ThreadWorkExecutor.java:637)
        at oracle.tip.b2b.engine.ThreadWorkExecutor.run(ThreadWorkExecutor.java:214)
        at oracle.integration.platform.blocks.executor.WorkManagerExecutor$1.run(WorkManagerExecutor.java:120)
        at weblogic.work.j2ee.J2EEWorkManager$WorkWithListener.run(J2EEWorkManager.java:184)
        at weblogic.work.DaemonWorkThread.run(DaemonWorkThread.java:30)
Error -: B2B-50547: Agreement not found for trading partners: FromTP TradingPartnerX, ToTP OurCompanyName with document type ACTION:assignWork Service:Manage Work ServiceTypev1.0-INBOUND.
        at oracle.tip.b2b.tpa.RepoDataAccessor.queryAgreementMO(RepoDataAccessor.java:866)
        at oracle.tip.b2b.tpa.RepoDataAccessor.getAgreementDetails(RepoDataAccessor.java:415)
        at oracle.tip.b2b.tpa.TPAProcessor.processTPA(TPAProcessor.java:465)
        at oracle.tip.b2b.tpa.TPAProcessor.processIncomingTPA(TPAProcessor.java:243)
        at oracle.tip.b2b.engine.Engine.processIncomingMessageImpl(Engine.java:2560)
        at oracle.tip.b2b.engine.Engine.processIncomingMessage(Engine.java:1751)
        at oracle.tip.b2b.engine.Engine.incomingContinueProcess(Engine.java:4258)
        at oracle.tip.b2b.engine.Engine.handleMessageEvent(Engine.java:3856)
        at oracle.tip.b2b.engine.Engine.processEvents(Engine.java:3309)
        at oracle.tip.b2b.engine.ThreadWorkExecutor.processEvent(ThreadWorkExecutor.java:637)
        at oracle.tip.b2b.engine.ThreadWorkExecutor.run(ThreadWorkExecutor.java:214)
        at oracle.integration.platform.blocks.executor.WorkManagerExecutor$1.run(WorkManagerExecutor.java:120)
        at weblogic.work.j2ee.J2EEWorkManager$WorkWithListener.run(J2EEWorkManager.java:184)
        at weblogic.work.DaemonWorkThread.run(DaemonWorkThread.java:30)
Looking at the SQL which has been logged, B2B is looking for an agreement which has the following:
SENDER_NAME = 'TradingPartnerX'
RECEIVER_NAME = 'OurCompanyName'
BUSINESS_ACTION_NAME = 'assignWork'
SERVICE_NAME = 'Manage Work'
SERVICE_TYPE = 'v1.0'
DIRECTION = 'INBOUND'
STATE = 'Active'
and it fails to identify any matching agreements which is correct - there aren't any matching these constraints. However, if we specify the 'Action name' field in the DocType param overrides for TradingPartnerX, then B2B is able to identify the agreement and everything works.
Based on this behaviour, it seems that in this scenario, B2B requires a separate agreement for each possible value which can be passed as the BUSINESS_ACTION_NAME in order to identify the document type and agreement correctly. My question is - is there another way to configure B2B to allow a list of valid 'Action names' rather than having to create a separate agreement for each one with the only difference being the value of the 'Action name' field?
If anyone is able to provide advice or guidance, it would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Kevin

Xformbuilder error ... Could not save document Name/Name-Schema.xml

Hello everyone,
We're using 7.00 SP14 and I have a problem with the xml forms builder on one of our systems. We're having a 3 system landscape - all three are on the same patch level etc.
I was able to create a new xml form on one machine, unfortunately it doesn't work on our P-system. I tried to create a new form as well as copied an existing one - with the same error result.
While saving a project the following errors appear:
The following error occured when saving the schema: Could not save document Name/Name-Schema.xml. Reason: Operation is not supported
The project could not be saved on the server. Do you want to save a local copy?
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Does anyone know what the problem is? I'd appreciate your help, thanks.
Sincerely,
Susanne
Okay I just found out that it's not possible to create a new folder in KM under xmlforms. That's working on the other 2 systems quite well. I have all the admin roles but somehow somewhere somewho must have restricted that. We found out that ice, etc, runtim, entry points and maybe even a few more aren't setup to create new folders in there. Does anyone know where/how to change that? It doesn't work with Details - permissions etc.
Edited by: Susanne Zahn on Oct 13, 2008 3:40 PM

For anyone who's interested in the solution.. there you go.
14.10.2008 - 17:53:00 CET - Antwort von SAP
Dear customer,
Can you please check whether the repository /etc is in read-only
mode?
Please navigate to -
System Administration -> System Configuration -> Knowledge Management
-> Content Management -> Repository Managers -> File System Repository
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and building/saving the project again.

Problem for using oracle xml parser v2 for 8.1.7

My first posting was messed up. This is re-posting the same question.
Problem for using oracle xml parser v2 for 8.1.7
I have a sylesheet with
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl">.
It works fine if I refer this xsl file in xml file as follows:
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://...../GN.xsl"?>.
When I use this xsl in pl/sql package, I got
ORA-20100: Error occurred while processing: XSL-1009: Attribute 'xsl:version' not found in 'xsl:stylesheet'.
After I changed name space definition to
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0"> in xsl file, I got
ORA-20100: Error occurred while processing: XSL-1019: Expected ']' instead of '$'.
I am using xml parser v2 for 8.1.7
Can anyone explain why it happens? What is the solution?
Yi

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Steven Muench ([email protected]):
Element's dont have text content, they [b]contain text node children.
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