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XForms: binding to an optional element

I asked this on the XSLTForms list, but it’s worth casting a wider net.
Say I have an XML instance like this:
<root>
<format>xml</format>
</root>
Possible values for the format element are “xml”, “text”, “binary”, or a default setting, indicated by a complete absence of the <format> element. I’d like this to attach to a select1 with four choices:
<xf:select1 ref=”format”>…
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XForms spambots on the loose

A determined spambot has been submitting the XForms contact form on XForms Institute. OK, so it’s probably more Flash-aware than XForms-aware, but still. -m

XQuery Annoyances…

If you are used to XSLT 1.0 and XForms, you see { $book/bk:title } and think nothing of it. XSLT 1.0 calls the curly-brace construct an Attribute Value Template, which is pretty descriptive of where it’s used. Always in an attribute, always converted into a string, even if you are actually pointing to an element.
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