[xsl] default or no namespace

Subject: [xsl] default or no namespace
From: ac <ac@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 02:02:09 -0500
Hi,

With XSLT2, I have an element that can be either in no namespace or in the default namespace, based on some condition, as in
<html>
...
</html>


or
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";>
   ...
</html>

Without success, I tried things like:
<html>
<if test="$cond">
<xsl:namespace name="">http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml</xsl:namespace>, but cannot output a namespace node for the default namespace when the element is in no namespace
<!-- or <xsl:namespace name="xmlns">http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml</xsl:namespace>, but then xmlns name is not acceptable,
or even <xsl:namespace>http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml</xsl:namespace>, but the name attribute is required -->
</if>
...
</html>


The following may also have been nice, if it created a namespace node rather than an xmlns attribute:
<html xmlns="if ($cond) then 'http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml' else '' ">
...
</html>



I understand that I could probably put the body of the html element in a template (e.g. html-body), define all the (tons of) required parameters, and do something like:


<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="$cond">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";>
<xsl:call-template name="html-body">
<xsl:with-param name="xxx" select="abc"/>
                ...
</xsl:call-template>
</html>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<html>
<xsl:call-template name="html-body">
<xsl:with-param name="xxx" select="abc"/>
                ...
</xsl:call-template>
</html>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>

But, especially as this would seem like a common case, I am sincerely hoping that there is a better way.
How should this be better handled?


Regards,
ac

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