RE: [xsl] Re: xsl:element

["Michael Kay" <mhkay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > > So if you did something like
> > >
> > > <xsl:element name="foo" xmlns="blah">
> > >   <bar/>
> > > </xsl:element>
> > >
> > > then you should get
> > >
> > > <foo>
> > >   <bar xmlns="blah"/>
> > > </foo>

> > Using MSXML3 you get:
> > <foo xmlns="blah"><bar /></foo>

> > With Saxon the results are, respectively:
> > <foo xmlns="blah"><bar/></foo>
>
> I am at a loss to explain this. Perhaps I am misreading the spec.
> Michael?
>

Section 7.1.2: "If the namespace attribute is not present then the QName is
expanded into an expanded name using the namespace declarations in effect
for the xsl:element element, including any default namespace declaration".
So the new "foo" element must be in namespace "blah".

Mike Kay


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