Re: [xsl] Dynamically setting namespace prefix

["Andrew Welch" <andrew.j.welch@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 6/7/07, Hofman, Peter <peter.hofman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to generate schemas from some XML source, using XSLT 2.0
> (Saxon 8.9 B).
>
> During the generation I have to dynamically add imports of several other
> schemas, of which the namespace is composed during processing.
>
> However, I need to add those namespaces to the schema element, in order
> to have references to the imported schemas work.
>
> How can I dynamically set the prefix of a namespace, if I do not know
> how many there will be. Using a variable in xsl:namespace like
> <xsl:namespace name="$some_variable" .../> fails.

Use an AVT eg:

<xsl:element name="{$pre}:mynode">
 ...
</xsl:element>

where $pre is the prefix thats defined.

Or are you just missing the braces in xsl:namespace?

<xsl:namespace name="{$some_variable}"/>

Maybe post a failing example to make it clearer...

cheers
andrew