Subject: Re: [xsl] Xpath Syntax Issue From: Nathan Tallman <ntallman@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 22:56:07 -0400 |
Thanks Chris. I had just found this explanation on <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3836121/xslt-does-not-work-when-i-include -xmlns-http-www-sitemaps-org-schemas-sitemap> when your email came in. This takes care of it. Much appreciation. Nathan On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 10:51 PM, Christopher R. Maden <crism@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 06/23/2012 10:38 PM, Nathan Tallman wrote: >> I still wasn't getting the results in my application, so I created >> pets.xml and sure enough the template worked. It only works with >> my original document if I remove attributes found in the root >> element. >> >> The original first 6 lines: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> >> <urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" >> xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" >> xsi:schemaLocation=" http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9 >> http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9/sitemap.xsd"> >> >> I had to remove all attributes from <urlset> before the XSL would >> work. Do I need to reference the schema in my XSL? > > Ahh... the good ol namespace FAQ. > > Every element type name is a pair: namespace URI and local name. > > What you thought was null-namespace plus species is in fact > http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9 plus species (often > written as {http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9}species). An > XPath expression matching just species matches {}species, which is a > *different name* than > {http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9}species. > > You need, in your XSLT, to declare something like > xmlns:sitemap="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" and then > use sitemap:species in your XPath. (A shorter prefix might be in > order, but a prefix is required for XSLT 1.0 and recommended (IMO) for > clarity for XSLT 2.0.) > > ~Chris > - -- > Chris Maden, text nerd <URL: http://crism.maden.org/ > > LIVE FREE: vote for Gary Johnson, Libertarian for President. > <URL: http://garyjohnson2012.com/ > <URL: http://lp.org/ > > GnuPG fingerprint: DB08 CF6C 2583 7F55 3BE9 A210 4A51 DBAC 5C5C 3D5E > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJP5oCxAAoJEEpR26xcXD1eHSUH/0E0F49MPJJJ1j/1lB9Zw0zK > gNBxalYi/zVpHCgSYNzdXYrdvYWZFIDkQng4opPXBLA5nbWvaJ4qpObrMbB80cmN > unUmPhrb5IkuYx1adgCvNzxlRuabdG06jUUbO11kq8HPbyWH74tEsFP5+IPrTOpn > /xmZTkR5Z0kO93yl6osUbyeq42dF34HmyQKVwWQD0dXHVM8q5BUbVesnxmjdGoE9 > 7zZTJH+r3K0WhGbM0Iq91wZ4LF3qTT25gih+TBF3cMAzsBCGaxzzFlRoJj0qDVj2 > q6DW/awQW+JU8VxRavaoQG1rk1No/k/GkStSv+UXCBdl3qwdwbVIXWdXaliZ0/o= > =YGiD > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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