Re: [xsl] Q: XSLT 1.0 output of namespace

[Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> In getting to the solution below I found that
>    ". = ../namespace::*[name()]"
> as "is-namespace()" test is even simpler than Michael's
>    "count(. | ../@*) != count(../@*)".
>
> Similarly ". = ../attribute::*[name()]" can be used as "is-attribute()".
>
>    

It might be simpler, but it's wrong. Firstly, the expression 
attribute::*[name()] is rather pointless: it selects all attribute that 
have a name, and all of them do. While namespace::*[name()] selects all 
namespaces except the default namespace, so your test will fail for that 
one.

Secondly, it's quite possible to have an attribute and a namespace with 
the same string-value, for example

<xs:schema xmlns:a="http://my.namespace/"; 
targetNamespace="http://my.namespace/";>

and in this case your test for a namespace and your test for an 
attribute will both return true.

Michael Kay
Saxonica