Re: [xsl] How to remove the automatically generated empty namespace by xsl

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 2006-04-14 20:50 +0530, Ramakant Akhairamka wrote:
> when i try to use <xsl:element .. /> in main template it gets generated fine.
> But when i call another template from this one and then use 
> <xsl:element name="abc />, it generates <abc xmlns="">  .
> ...
>              <xsl:template match="/">
>                 <Tag1 xmlns="http://www.abc.com/wahtever";
>                         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
>
> xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.abc.com/wahtever myschema.xsd">
>                      <xsl:element name="abc" />

Note in the above how you have a default namespace in scope.

>     <xsl:template name="tem1">
>         <xsl:element name="abc" />

But above, you not have a default namespace in scope.

> <Tag1 xmlns:a="http://www.abcd.com/abCD"; 
> xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; 
> xmlns="http://www.abc.com/wahtever"; 
> xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.abc.com/wahtever myschema.xsd">
> <abc/>
> <abc xmlns=""/>

So the above results are expected.

If you need the <abc/> to be in the same namespace, then move the 
xmlns="http://www.abc.com/wahtever"; declaration to the stylesheet 
document element.

Chapter and verse of XSLT 1.0 7.1.2 reads:

"If the namespace attribute is not present then the QName is expanded 
into an expanded-name using the namespace declarations in effect for 
the xsl:element element, including any default namespace declaration."

I hope this helps.

. . . . . . . . . . . . Ken

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