Re: [xsl] Removing Namespace declaration from root element [xsltproc XSLT 1.0]

[Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 On 17/09/2010 8:00 AM, pankaj.c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am trying to remove namespace declaration from root element in my xml
> input. Below is what it looks like:
>
> Root Element:
> =========
> <chapter xmlns:sb="http://www.elsevier.com/xml/common/struct-bib/dtd";
> xmlns:ce="http://www.elsevier.com/xml/common/dtd"; xmlns:mml="
> http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"; xmlns:xlink="
> http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"; xmlns:aid="
> http://ns.adobe.com/AdobeInDesign/4.0/"; xmlns:aid5="
> http://ns.adobe.com/AdobeInDesign/5.0/"; aid:pstyle="" aid5:tablestyle=""
> version="5.2" xml:lang="en" docsubtype="chp" id="c0030">
> <ce:footnote id="fn0010">
> ======
>
> Desired Output
> =========
>
> <chapter version="5.2" xml:lang="en" docsubtype="chp" id="c0030">
> <ce:footnote id="fn0010">
Your desired output is not namespace-well-formed (prefix ce is 
undeclared), so it's not possible to generate it using XSLT.

Michael Kay
Saxonica