RE: [xsl] Namespace match error. XSL to convert attribute-centric to element-centric.

["Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

name() gives you a lexical QName (prefix:local) and xsl:element requires
that if you use a prefixed QName in the name attribute, with no namespace
attribute, then the prefix must be declared in the stylesheet. 

If you really want to create an element called <xsi:type> then use
<xsl:element name="{name()}" namespace="{namespace-uri()}"> as suggested.
However, I can't imagine what use an element called <xsi:type> might be to
anyone.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/ 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kerry, Richard [mailto:richard.kerry@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 15 November 2007 09:59
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [xsl] Namespace match error. XSL to convert 
> attribute-centric to element-centric.
> 
>  
> 
> I'm trying to convert an xml document from attribute-centric 
> to element-centric using the following stylesheet.
> (This is ConvertToElements2.xsl referred to below)
> 
> <xsl:stylesheet
> 	xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
> 	xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema";
> 	exclude-result-prefixes="xs"
> 	version="2.0">
> 
> <xsl:template match="/">
> 	<xsl:apply-templates/>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> <xsl:template match="@*" >
> 	<xsl:element name="{name()}">
> 		<xsl:value-of select=3D"."/>
> 	</xsl:element>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> <xsl:template match="*" >
> 	<xsl:element name="{name()}">
> 		<xsl:apply-templates select="@*" />
> 		<xsl:apply-templates/>
> 	</xsl:element>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> </xsl:stylesheet>
> 
>  
> If I apply it to the following data :
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <slots xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
>  xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="generic_snmp_slots.xsd">
> 	<slot name="RevMajor" use="yes" description="The Major 
> Revision level."/> </slots>
> 
> I get an error as follows (this is using Saxon, on Windows XP):
> 
> (some lines of batchfile removed)
> 
> C:\Projects\Drivers\Mib>set
> CLASSPATH=3DC:/Downloads/Saxon/saxonb8-9j/saxon8.jar
> C:\Projects\Drivers\Mib>java net.sf.saxon.Transform 
> Slots4.xml C:/Projects/Tools_RK/Xsl/ConvertToElements2.xsl
> outfile=3DSlots4_Elements.xml
> 
> Error at xsl:element on line 12 of
> file:/C:/Projects/Tools_RK/Xsl/ConvertToElements2.xsl:
> 	XTDE0830: Undeclared prefix in element name: xsi Transformation
> failed: Run-time errors were reported
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> I take it this error is due to the "xsi:" namespace of the 
> "xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation" attribute of my source data.
> How can I handle this ?
> I thought matching "*" would match everything. Do I need to 
> tell it to ignore namespaces ? Or match namespaces somehow ?
> Or is this an XML error (wrong name for the schema attribute 
> perhaps) that is thus nothing to do with XSL ?
> 
>  
> 
> Uncertainly,
> Richard.
> 
> 
> 
>  
> 
> Richard Kerry
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