Re: [xsl] Basic question about Namespace handling in XPath 1.0 (not necessarily related to XSLT)

Subject: Re: [xsl] Basic question about Namespace handling in XPath 1.0 (not necessarily related to XSLT)
From: Geert Josten <Geert.Josten@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 16:20:04 +0200
No. The default namespace never affects XPath expressions. //order
always selects order in no-namespace in Xpath1 and selects order in the
xpath default namespace (which is not set by xmlns="...") in Xpath2.

Please explain more elaborately. How do you specify a 'no-namespace' (halfway) in a namespaced document and how do you set the 'xpath default namespace' in Xpath2?


It is adviced not to use default namespaces in XSL stylesheets, though.

You should use them, but for controlling literal result elements in the result, not controlling xpath queries into the source.

Sometimes elements from queries are copied or are in the same namespace as the literals.


Cheers,
Geert

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