Re: [xsl] Handling a missing namespace

[Martin Honnen <Martin.Honnen@xxxxxx>]

Aaron Johnson wrote:
> Hello
>
> I'm looking for advice on how to handle 2 different xml files in 1
> transform, one has a namespace, the other doesn't.
>
> Example with namespace...
>
> <ns1:BigCardThing xmlns:ns1="http://xyz.com/ns1/blah/blahspec";>
>                  <ns1:bigCard>
>                                  <ns1:surname>Lastname</ns1:surname>
>
> <ns1:givenName1>Firstname</ns1:givenName1>
>                                  <ns1:dateOfBirth>1971-04-04</ns1:dateOfBirth>
>                                  <ns1:gender>M</ns1:gender>
>                  </ns1:bigCard>
> </ns1:BigCardThing>
>
> ...without
>
> <BigCardThing >
>                  <bigCard>
>                                  <surname>Lastname</surname>
>                                  <givenName1>Firstname</givenName1>
>                                  <dateOfBirth>1971-04-04</dateOfBirth>
>                                  <gender>M</gender>
>                  </bigCard>
> </BigCardThing>
>
> Is there a way for xslt to look for the missing namespace and then
> 'add it' in the transform?

  <xsl:template match="*[not(namespace-uri())]">
    <xsl:element name="ns1:{local-name()}" 
namespace=""http://xyz.com/ns1/blah/blahspec";>
       <xsl:apply-templates select="@* | node()"/>
    </xsl:element>
  </xsl:template>



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