Re: [xsl] Getting epub: namespace into root html element

["Abel Braaksma (Exselt) abel@xxxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Wendell Piez wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> dinsdag 24 juni 2014 15:41
>
> <xsl:template match="@*|node()">
> <xsl:copy>
> <xsl:namespace name="epub">http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops</xsl:namespace>
> <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
> </xsl:copy>
> </xsl:template>
>
> (Note: untested. In particular I haven't checked what will happen to
> comments and processing instructions are matched with this template --
> instead, trusting the language designers to have specified the right
> thing, i.e. that the xsl:namespace instruction is then ignored.)

Indeed, the xsl:namespace instruction will be ignored or used for all 
node types except document nodes, which will raise an error. In 
addition, if the stylesheet is complex, you may want to just add the 
namespace node to the root node, so that you do not have to add it to 
all your other node creation instructions:

<xsl:template match="/*">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:namespace name="epub">http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops</xsl:namespace>
<xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>
> The namespace will then be bound to every node in your result.
> Consequently you will see it declared on the document element in your
> output -- and probably nowhere else. (I say 'probably' because that is
> the way a well-designed serializer will do it, other things being
> equal.)

Yes, the namespace fixup process will take care of it (see 
http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt20/#namespace-fixup).

Cheers,
Abel