[xsl] RE: Setting Namespace on Generated xsl:stylesheet Element

["Roger L. Cauvin" <roger@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Andrew Welch <andrew.j.welch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Well, if you enjoy the pain, you can do this:
>
> <xsl:template match="/">
>   <xsl:element name="xsl:stylesheet">
>     <xsl:namespace
name="xs">http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema</xsl:namespace>
>     <xsl:attribute name="version">2.0</xsl:attribute>
>     <xsl:attribute name="exclude-result-prefixes">xs</xsl:attribute>
>     <xsl:element name="xsl:template">
>       <xsl:attribute name="match">/</xsl:attribute>
>       <xsl:element name="xsl:value-of">
>         <xsl:attribute name="select">.</xsl:attribute>
>       </xsl:element>
>     </xsl:element>
>   </xsl:element>
> </xsl:template>

Ah, hurts so good :-)

Seriously, I already had a solution that used <xsl:namespace>.  I was
looking for a solution that would work in XSLT 1.0.  Ideally, the solution
would use <xsl:element> to generate elements instead of inserting them
literally, but Ken provided a solution that at least works in XSLT 1.0.

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