Re: [xsl] how to define a namespace-prefix for null-namespace

[Siegfried Baiz <baiz@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for that help. It's exacty what I was looking for.

Siegfried

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Siegfried Baiz
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Michael Kay wrote:

> In XSLT 2.0 you can define
>
> default-xpath-namespace="some.uri"
>
> which means that an unprefixed name in a path expression refers to names in
> the some.uri namespace.
>
> However, it is not possible to bind an explicit namespace prefix to the
> "null namespace" (the set of names that are in no namespace). These can only
> be referenced using an unprefixed name. A nuisance, but that's the way it
> is.
>
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/
>
>
>
>  
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Siegfried Baiz [mailto:baiz@xxxxxxxxx] 
> > Sent: 23 March 2005 18:12
> > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [xsl] how to define a namespace-prefix for null-namespace
> >
> > Hallo David,
> >
> > tanks for your information about the XML-background.
> >
> > Your last sentence also means that in the XSLT-Spec,
> > exists no "dummy"-namespace as placeholder for that "no-namespace"
> > like in my second trial:
> > <xsl:stylesheet version="2.0" ....  xmlns:my="#default">
> >   <xsl:template match="my:*">
> > ... ?
> >
> >
> > Is there any other way to avoid changing
> > all the xpath-selection rsp.
> > all the match-patterns of
> > my stylesheet, when the input-document will be decorated by a 
> > namespace.
> >
> > for example from
> >
> > <xsl:stylesheet version="2.0" ....  >
> >   <xsl:template match="root">
> >        <xsl:apply-template select="tag1/tag2[tag3]"/>
> > ...
> > into
> >
> > <xsl:stylesheet version="2.0" ....  
> > xmlns:my="http://www.my.thenewnamespace";>
> >   <xsl:template match="my:root">
> >        <xsl:apply-template select="my:tag1/my:tag2[my:tag3]"/>
> > ...
> >
> > As far as I know it is neither possible to use empty 
> > namespace-prefix, like
> > <xsl:stylesheet version="2.0" ....  
> > xmlns="http://www.my.thenewnamespace";>
> >   <xsl:template match="root">
> >        <xsl:apply-template select="tag1/tag2[tag3]"/>
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > Siggi
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > Dipl.-Math. (Univ.)
> > Siegfried Baiz
> > Sulzer GmbH
> > Frankfurter Ring 162, D-80807 Muenchen
> > Tel.: +49 89 31858-264
> > Fax : +49 89 31858-599
> > mailto:baiz@xxxxxxxxx
> > --------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >
> > David Carlisle wrote:
> >
> >    
> >
> > > In my XSLT-stylesheet I wanted to define a xmlns-prefix for that
> > > null-namespace,
> > >
> > > The XML Namespaces rec does not allow a prefix to be used with
> > > no-namespaace.
> > >
> > > With XML Namespace 1.0 (which is the version used by almost 
> > >      
> > all systems)
> >    
> >
> > > xmlns:my=""
> > > is a syntax error.
> > > With WXML Namespace 1.1 xmlns:my="" is allowed but it does not make
> > > <my:foo/> refer to foo in no-namespace it unbinds the prefix 
> > >      
> > my (if it
> >    
> >
> > > had already been bound) so making <my:foo/> an error.
> > >
> > > So your requested result isn't conformant to the XML 
> > >      
> > namespaces rec, and
> >    
> >
> > > XSLT won't generate it for you.
> > >
> > > David
> > >
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