Re: [xsl] processing xml data with default namespace

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Achim,

At 03:04 PM 7/12/2006, you wrote:
> i was expecting to get the same result as in output1. why is pat:bar 
> apparently not the same as the xsl:element instruction above?

Actually, in namespace-aware XML, it is.

The difference in handling of prefixes between the two methods you've 
presented is:

* "merely" cosmetic
* symptomatic of your particular XSLT processor's serializer but not 
necessarily
  of others
* exploitable when writing "cosmetic cleanup" stylesheets
  (which in theory are never needed, but in practice are often asked for)

Cheers,
Wendell