}
        return noted;
      }

      /**
       * Parses template child nodes for the given root node.
       *
       * This method also wraps whitelisted legacy template extensions
       * (`is="dom-if"` and `is="dom-repeat"`) with their equivalent element
       * wrappers, collapses text nodes, and strips whitespace from the template
       * if the `templateInfo.stripWhitespace` setting was provided.
       *
       * @param {Node} root Root node whose `childNodes` will be parsed
       * @param {Ob