Subject: Re: [xsl] 2.1 Must Allow Matching on Default Namespace Without Explicit Prefix From: "Steve Muench" <Steve.Muench@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 11:29:19 -0800 |
| http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-xslt20req-20010214 | | 2.1 Must Allow Matching on Default Namespace Without Explicit Prefix Evan, This requirement comes from scores and scores of XSL-List questions about users who start with a document like: <foo xmlns="urn:something"> <bar>baz</baz> </foo> and then try to do: <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="..." xmlns="urn:something"> <!-- | A naive XSLT user expects this to match | their <foo>/<bar> combination from the doc above +--> <xsl:template match="/foo/bar"> : <!-- OOPS. But it doesn't match --> : </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> To someone like yourself who is an XSL veteran, it may never be a mistake that you make, or the workaround is so burnt into your brain that you don't think twice about it, but the WG perceived this issue as a major "learnability" hurdle. ______________________________________________________________ Steve Muench, Lead XML Evangelist & Consulting Product Manager BC4J & XSQL Servlet Development Teams, Oracle Rep to XSL WG Author "Building Oracle XML Applications", O'Reilly http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/orxmlapp/ XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
Current Thread |
---|
|
<- Previous | Index | Next -> |
---|---|---|
[xsl] 2.1 Must Allow Matching on De, Evan Lenz | Thread | RE: [xsl] 2.1 Must Allow Matching o, Evan Lenz |
[xsl] Conditional [AND] [OR] testin, Stephen Cunliffe | Date | RE: [xsl] Conditional [AND] [OR] te, Clapham, Paul |
Month |