Subject: Re: [xsl] how to select elements in a given namespace? From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 15:54:32 -0500 (EST) |
On Mon, 17 Mar 2003, Jeni Tennison wrote: > Hi Robert, > > > if i want to select all nodes in a given namespace ("auth"), it > > appears i can use: > > > > //namespace::auth > > That will select all the *namespace*nodes* named "auth". Namespace > nodes are nodes that represent a prefix-namespace binding. Such a > namespace node will exist on every element within the scope of the > xmlns:auth="..." namespace declaration. ah, right, so there will be a "child" namespace node for each element within the scope of the declaration. this would represent the parent <auth:author xmlns:auth=...> element itself and its five children, correct? > If you want to select all the elements in the namespace associated > with the prefix 'auth', use: > > //auth:* > > All attributes in that namespace with: > > //@auth:* > > Note that the 'auth' namespace must be declared in the stylesheet > (or in whatever context you're selecting the nodes). A stylesheet will > not automatically pick up on the fact that the namespace is declared > in the XML document. in fact, those were two of the first things i tried. both of the above generate "ERROR: Prefix auth has not been declared". and since i'm using xpathtester, it can't be a stylesheet issue. so i'm still a bit confused -- as i said before, tidwell's example has, embedded in the XML, the excerpt: <auth:author xmlns:auth="..."> <last-name>... ... </auth:author> a couple pages later, he implies that the XPath expression "/sonnet/auth::*" should return the <auth:author> element. instead, xpathtester simply gives me the above ERROR. is this just an xpathtester thing? time to switch utilities, methinks. rday XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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