Re: [xsl] XHTML->XHTML w/ XSLT, modifying only specific element(s)

[Evan Nemerson <assorted@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday 25 Oct 2004 15:01, Evan Nemerson wrote:
> First off, thank you both for your replies--they really helped.
> Unfortunately, I have new problem:
>
> It seems that Firefox (as well as xsltproc) want to output an xmlns="" in
> the link tag, which seems reasonable enough to me. However, when that
> attribute is present Firefox refuses to treat links as such--it does
> nothing when I click on it, the cursor is the same for :hover, etc. Is
> there any way to suppress the xmlns attribute?

Never mind, I figured it out--just had to clarify that the a element is in the 
xhtml namespace. I've adjusted my XSLT below to reflect.
>
> > >   <xsl:template match="blockquote[@cite and @title]">
> >
> > I suspect you want match="xhtml:blockquote[@cite and @title]" ... though
> > you don't give a snippet of your input XHTML, you probably are using the
> > default namespace.  XPath 1.0 does not use the default namespace.
>
> You are, of course, correct. Here's what I have now, which is /almost/
> working:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";>
  <xsl:template match="node()|@*">
    <xsl:copy>
      <xsl:apply-templates select="node()|@*"/>
    </xsl:copy>
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="xhtml:blockquote">
    <xsl:copy>
      <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
      <xhtml:a class="serendipity_blockquoteReferenceLink" href="{@cite}">
        <xsl:value-of select="@title"/>
      </xhtml:a>
    </xsl:copy>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

> (To anyone reading this in the archive, note the two namespaces in the
> xsl:stylesheet element, one of which corresponds to the second
> xsl:template's match attribute.)
>
> > >Nothing I put in that second xsl:template element seems to have any
> > > effect.
> >
> > I'm guessing that your input has a namespace associated with the default
> > namespace ... your element names are not prefixed but your qualified
> > names probably have non-null associated namespace URIs.  The way you
> > wrote your template rule was matching "blockquote" in no namespace, not
> > "blockquote" in the XHTML namespace.
> >
> > >Sorry to post such a simple question, but I'm completely stumped.
> >
> > It is a FAQ to ask why a non-prefixed element name in a match is not
> > matching elements from a namespace.
>
> I was, unfortunately, a bit too ignorant to even know the proper question
> to look for in the FAQ :(. Sorry.
>
> > I hope this helps.
>
> It did--thank you both again.

-- 
Evan Nemerson
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