Subject: Re: [xsl] Name Spaces in Selects and xsl:element From: Karl Stubsjoen <kstubs@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 10:19:48 -0700 |
This makes sense, thanks David. How about in an identity transformation, how do you preserve the original name of an element, but add a namespace to it? On 5/5/05, David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > XPath considers the namespace to be an integral part of the name > so "field in namespace1" is no more related to "field in namespace2" > than it is to "lksfhaskhfashfd in namespace 1". > > There are good reasons for this: the documentred reason for introducing > the whole namespace complication is so that your "p" element is > completely different from my "p" element. So to say you want to match on > eny element called p whatever namespace it is in is like saying you want > to match on any element whose name begins with W. You can do both of > those, but not with the short syntax reserved for more resonable > selections. > > *[starts-with(name(),'W')] > and > *[local-name()='field'] > > Actually sufficient numbers of peopel wantto be bad that XPath2 offers a > *:field but you probably are not using XPath2 (unless you are > usingsaxon8) XSLT2/XPath2 are still in draft form. > > David > > ________________________________________________________________________ > This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. The > service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive > anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: > http://www.star.net.uk > ________________________________________________________________________
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