Re: [xsl] I mean self::* doesn't select attributes :(

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 01/04/24 13:24 -0700, Evan Lenz wrote:
> <correction>
> Anyone else have headaches with not being able to do @*[not(self::xyz:* or
> self::abc:*)] ?
>
> Anything more elegant than the following two solutions?
>
> @*[not(namespace-uri()='&xyzURI;' or namespace-uri()='&barURI;')]
>
> @*[not(generate-id()=generate-id(../@xyz:*) or
> generate-id()=generate-id(../@abc:*))]
>
> I'd love to be missing something.
> </correction>

This is an excerpt from pages 182/183 of my book:

  Practical Transformation Using XSLT and XPath
  (XSL Transformations and the XML Path Language)
  Ninth Edition - 2001-01-19 - ISBN 1-894049-06-3
  Copyright (c) 2001 Crane Softwrights Ltd.
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  /           / and separate copy of all example files.
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These pages describe the way to do a test of the current node as being one 
of every node type of XPath ... the following are the attribute tests I 
suggest for the current node:

                <--specific namespaced-unqualified attribute-->
    <xsl:when test="count(.|../@version)=count(../@version)">
      <xsl:text>version attribute </xsl:text>
    </xsl:when>
                  <!--specific namespace-qualified attribute-->
    <xsl:when test="count(.|../@book:ref)=count(../@book:ref)">
      <xsl:text>book:ref attribute </xsl:text>
    </xsl:when>
                                           <!--any attribute-->
    <xsl:when test="count(.|../@*)=count(../@*)">
      <xsl:text>attribute </xsl:text>
    </xsl:when>

The use above of the XPath axes handles the prefix/URI issue.

I hope this helps.

....................... Ken


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