Are you parsing with a DOM or a SAX parser?
That output appears to say it is parsing as an Element that has three TEXT_NODE type child nodes - is that correct?
If this is from a DOM, try the normalize() method on the spec element to merge TEXT_NODE children.
How is the source XML document created?
Bill
Read this FAQ entry about the use of URGENT - thank you. [ January 13, 2006: Message edited by: William Brogden ]