The other kluge-around would be a postprocessor that converted the XML <foo/> into the SGML <foo></foo>.
But if the problem really is that the next stage is an SGML tool, I'd try HTML mode serialization and see if you can get away with it. ______________________________________ "... Three things see no end: A loop with exit code done wrong, A semaphore untested, And the change that comes along. ..." -- "Threes" Rev 1.1 - Duane Elms / Leslie Fish ( http://www.ovff.org/pegasus/songs/threes-rev-11.html)