Generally the imported modules mean the same things though they do not have
to, any thoughts?
>From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: RE: [xsl] unwanted xmlns="" attribute
>Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 17:53:49 +0100
>
>If you sometimes want to generate an {xx}help element, and sometimes a
>{yy}help element, where {xx} and {yy} are different namespaces, then you
>need to use conditional logic that changes the element name: in XSLT 2.0
>you
>can write
>
><xsl:element name="help" namespace="{if ($param} then '' else
>'http://purl.org/rss/1.0/'}>
>
>In XSLT 1.0 you will need to use xsl:choose. The caller of the template
>will
>need to supply an explicit parameter saying which namespace is required.
>There is no way of generating an element and saying simply "put this in the
>same namespace as its new parent".
>
>Namespaces are not attributes. The namespace is part of the element name,
>even though it is not written explicitly as such. You have full control
>when
>you generate an element over both the local name of the element and its
>namespace name. The serializer will automatically generate namespace
>declarations that respect the namespaces in which you have placed your
>constructed elements.
>
>It seems a rather unusual requirement to have a template that sometimes
>generates an {xx}help element, and sometimes a {yy}help element, where {xx}
>and {yy} are different namespaces, because the meaning of local names like
>"help" depends entirely on which namespace they are in, and the names in
>one
>namespace are usually unrelated to those in a different namespace.
>
>Regards,
>
>Michael Kay
>http://www.saxonica.com/
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: tom tom [mailto:tomxsllist@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 01 October 2004 17:15
> > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [xsl] unwanted xmlns="" attribute
> >
> > Thankyou, this solves half of my problem.
> >
> > However the included file is also included from a second XSLT
> > file with
> > contains no existing namespace references. If I add
> > xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/"; to <help> this renders as <help
> > xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/"/> - I do not want the
> > attribute to appear
> > in the second file.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >Reply-To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >Subject: RE: [xsl] unwanted xmlns="" attribute
> > >Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 16:35:58 +0100
> > >
> > >When you say you don't want the xmlns="" to appear on the
> > <help/> element,
> > >what you presumably mean is that you want the <help> element
> > to be in the
> > >namespace "http://purl.org/rss/1.0/";. The answer is to put it in that
> > >namespace, for example by writing it in the stylesheet as
> > >
> > ><help xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/"/>
> > >
> > >Michael Kay
> > >http://www.saxonica.com/
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: tom tom [mailto:tomxsllist@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > > Sent: 01 October 2004 15:47
> > > > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Subject: [xsl] unwanted xmlns="" attribute
> > > >
> > > > In my including file I have:
> > > >
> > > > <xsl:template match="test">
> > > > <rdf:RDF xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/";
> > > > xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#";
> > > > xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";>
> > > > <xsl:apply-templates select="." mode="testy"/>
> > > > </rdf:RDF>
> > > > </xsl:template>
> > > >
> > > > In my included file I have:
> > > >
> > > > <xsl:template match="test" mode="testy">
> > > > <help/>
> > > > </xsl:template>
> > > >
> > > > My output comes out as:
> > > >
> > > > <rdf:RDF xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/";
> > > > xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";
> > > > xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#";>
> > > > <help xmlns=""/>
> > > > </rdf:RDF>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I do not want the xmlns="" attribute to appear on the help
> > > > element. I have
> > > > tried numerous permutations using the exclude-result-prefixes on
> > > > xsl:stylesheet to no avail. I am using MSXML 3. Can anyone advise?
> > > >
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