XSL Concepts and Practical Use: Advanced Transformation Topics

<xsl:preserve-space>

The <xsl:preserve-space> element lists the source tree elements in which input whitespace is to be preserved.

<xsl:preserve-space 
  elements = tokens />

elements: The list of elements in which whitespace should be preserved by default

Note that namespace:* and * can be used to incorporate all elements or all elements from a particular namespace by default.