Re: [xsl] How do templates get invoked for elements decorated with namespaces?

["Andrew Welch" <andrew.j.welch@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/5/06, Mark Wilson <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have no idea how to even look this problem up in the archives. If the
> answer is there, I apologize.
>
> I find that a template such as
>
> <xsl:template match="/Workbook">
>
>          <xsl:apply-templates select="DocumentProperties" />
>
>  </xsl:template>
>
> is invoked when the element name is undecorated with a namespace attribute:
>
>  <Workbook>
> .
> </Workbook>
>
> but is not invoked when the namespace is present:
>
> <Workbook xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"
>
>  xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
>
>  xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel"
>
>  xmlns:ss="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"
>
>  xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40";>
>
> ...
>
> </Workbook>
>
> How does the template have to be changed to be invoked for the second case?

In the second case <Workbook> is in the namespace
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet" because it's unprefixed
and the default namespace (the one used by unprefixed elements) has
been changed using xmlns="..."

Oddly the same namespace has been defined again for the "ss" prefix,
which is a bit pointless - either <Workbook> should be changed to
<ss:Workbook> and don't change the default namespace, or the "ss"
prefix should be dropped.

Either way, what you need to do to define that namespace in your
stylesheet and give it a prefix, say "ss" as well, then use that
prefix when referring to that element.

For example:

<xsl:stylesheet
xmlns:ss="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet" ........>

and then

<xsl:apply-templates select="ss:Workbook"/>

<xsl:template match="ss:Workbook">

etc

cheers
andrew