Re: XML source with DOCTYPE declaration

Hi Zeljko,

> So what am I doing wrong? Or did I maybe misunderstand you and I
> have to do the complete transformation in 2 separate steps:
>
> 1. Doing the preprocessing and save the output temporary
> 2. Using this temporary ouput (file) as source for the intended
> transformation

Yes - that's what I meant - two separate processes.  You *could* do it
in the same stylesheet, if you're prepared to use a node-set()
extension function.  So you could have a stylesheet like:

<xsl:template match="/">
   <xsl:choose>
      <!-- when the html document element isn't in the XHTML
           namespace -->
      <xsl:when test="not(html:html)">
         <!-- apply templates in preprocess mode to get the namespaced
              input -->
         <xsl:variable name="preprocessed">
            <xsl:apply-templates mode="preprocess" />
         </xsl:variable>
         <xsl:apply-templates select="exsl:node-set($preprocessed)/*" />
      </xsl:when>
      <!-- otherwise just apply templates -->
      <xsl:otherwise>
         <xsl:apply-templates />
      </xsl:otherwise>
   </xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="*" mode="preprocess">
   <xsl:element name="{local-name()}"
                namespace="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
      <!-- continue processing in 'preprocess' mode -->
      <xsl:apply-templates mode="preprocess" />
   </xsl:element>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="html:html">
   <xsl:text>html element found !!!</xsl:text>
   <xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
        
<xsl:template match="html:body">
   <xsl:text>body element found !!!</xsl:text>
   <xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>

Note that the namespace you use for the node-set() extension function
in the root-node-matching template is determined by the processor that
you're using. For example, using Xalan then you actually need:

  lxslt:nodeset()

rather than exsl:node-set()

I hope that helps,

Jeni

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