RE: [xsl] Namespaces in XMLSpy

["Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry the reply was so brief, it was late at night, and I thought the
information might be enough.

Let's write expanded names in the form {namespace}local.

In the document

<A xmlns="yyyy">
  <B>
    <C/>
  </B>
</A>

you have three elements whose expanded names are {yyyy}A, {yyyy}B, and
{yyyy}C.

In XSLT 1.0, to match an element {yyyy}A, you need to bind a namespace
prefix to yyyy and use that prefix in the match pattern or XPath expression
step. For example

<xsl:template match="y:A" xmlns:y="yyyy">
  <xsl:value-of select="y:B/y:C"/>
</xsl:template>

In XSLT 2.0, you can set xpath-default-namespace="yyyy" instead.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/ 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Marenus [mailto:jonathanmarenus@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 04 March 2005 06:02
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [xsl] Namespaces in XMLSpy
> 
> 
> Ok, Let's say my XML file consists of 3 elements A,B,C
> with A being the outermost element with a namespace
> declaration of xmlns="yyyyy".  In what way are the
> element names B and C changed and in what way must I
> change the stylesheet to match those new names.  This
> has been a problem at work that I have been putting
> off for the last 3 months and it has gotten to the
> point where I must have it working.  I just started
> using XSL 5 months ago so being explicit would help
> very much so.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Jonathan Marenus
> 
> --- Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > If you have a namespace declaration such as
> > xmlns="yyyyy" in your outermost
> > element, this changes the name of every element in
> > your document, and your
> > stylesheet must be changed to match the new names.
> > 
> > Michael Kay
> > http://www.saxonica.com/ 
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jonathan Marenus
> > [mailto:jonathanmarenus@xxxxxxxxx] 
> > > Sent: 03 March 2005 22:10
> > > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [xsl] Namespaces in XMLSpy
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Ok, here's my problem:
> > > 
> > >       I have both a namespace and a schema as
> > > attributes in my root element.  I am using XMLSpy
> > to
> > > transform the file, and for some unknown reason,
> > it is
> > > copying the entire original file into output
> > instead
> > > of making the changes that I specify in the XSL
> > file. 
> > > If I delete those attributes, the XSL
> > transformation
> > > is successful, but I need to find a way for it to
> > work
> > > with the namespace and schema attributes in there.
> >  I
> > > am not sure if this problem is specifically
> > related to
> > > XMLSpy.  It could be that I need to add something
> > in
> > > my XSL code or even a change in settings in
> > XMLSpy,
> > > but either way, I need this resolved as soon as
> > > possible so any feedback would be greatly
> > appreciated.
> > >  Thanks.
> > > 
> > > Jonathan Marenus
> > > 
> > > 
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