Re: [xsl] Attributes with default namespaces? XSLT Rec question..

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

At 2008-11-13 17:50 +0100, Geert Josten wrote:
> A question about the XSLT recommendation..

I think you'll find the answer in the Namespaces in XML recommendation.

> If you add the following to your XSLT stylesheet:
>         <test xmlns="http://test";>
>                 <xsl:attribute name="test"/>
>         </test>
>
> What namespace should that attribute receive?

Namespaces in XML states that attributes without prefixes are in no 
namespace, not in the default namespace:

  http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/REC-xml-names11-20060816/#uniqAttrs

> Should the result be:
>         <test xmlns="http://test"; test=""/>

Yes ... because the element is in the default namespace and the 
attribute is in no namespace.

> The XSLT 2.0 recommendation states:
>         "If the namespace attribute is not present, then the lexical Qname
>          is expanded into an expanded-QName using the namespace declarations
>          in effect for the xsl:attribute element, not including any default
>          namespace declaration."

Makes sense since unprefixed attributes are in no namespace.

> The xsl:attribute has no namespace attribute, and the lexical Qname 
> contains no prefix. But since de default namespace declaration 
> should not be included in resolving/expanding the Qname, I would 
> expect the latter result should appear.

Not when you take into consideration that unprefixed attributes are 
in no namespace.

>  However, the latter is not valid according to:
>         (http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml-names/#ns-decl, 2nd paragraph or so)
>
> ..nor does any of the common implementations give that result, the 
> all return the first..

As they should.

> Am I misinterpreting the XSLT recommendation?

No, you are unaware of the constraints of the namespaces recommendation.

I hope this helps.

. . . . . . . Ken

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