# The saxon:double-space attribute

When the output method is XML with `indent="yes"`, the `saxon:double-space` attribute may be used to generate an extra blank line before selected elements. The value is a whitespace-separated list of element names. The attribute follows the same conventions as `cdata-section-elements`: values specified in separate `xsl:output` or `xsl:result-document` elements are cumulative, and if the value is supplied programmatically via an API, or from the command line, then the element names are given in Clark notation, namely `{uri}local`. The effect of the attribute is to cause an extra blank line to be output before the start tag of the specified elements.

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