Table straddle on export to XML

Running Framemaker 10.0.2.419 on a Windows XP machine (I know). I have created a structured app to take our structured files (made with a custom EDD), process read/write rules for graphics, tables, etc. then run an XSLT to convert the source tree to XHTML. Everything works fine except for table cells that straddle.

I have the following R/W rules in place:

element "td"

{

  is fm table cell element "TableCell";

  attribute "colspan" is fm property horizontal straddle;

  attribute "rowspan" is fm property vertical straddle;

  attribute "align" is fm attribute;

  attribute "valign" is fm attribute;

  attribute "charoff" is fm attribute;

  attribute "char" is fm attribute;

}

I have tested this to see the output from Frame prior to applying the XSLT and the colspan and rowspan attributes do not appear. Our custom EDD does not have specific attributes for colspan and rowspan but I did add these to TableCell element in the DTD.

Is there anyway to get the colspan and rowspan attribute to appear in the results tree (with the proper values for table cells that straddle)?

Thanks in advance for any assistance,

Andre