RE: namespaces

I am creating a XSLT stylesheet to create a XSLT
stylesheet.

So in my result document I must declare a namespace
with the URI of "http://unknown"

and I want to stick the prefix string into a variable
so I can output it later.

--- Michael Kay <mhkay@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > While in the middle of processing a XSLT tempalte,
> I
> > have a declared namespace URI, but I do not have
> the
> > shorthand.  Is there anyway to get the shorthand
> back
> > and stick it into a variable?
> 
> I don't think I understand. You say the namespace is
> declared, does that
> mean it is declared using a namespace declaration in
> the stylesheet? But if
> that was the case, you would know its prefix (which
> is what I assume you
> mean by "shorthand").
> 
> If the namespace is not declared in either the
> source document or the
> stylesheet, there is at present no way of getting it
> declared in the result
> document.
> 
> Mike Kay
> >
> > The reason I need to do this is to stick it in the
> > text of an attribute
> >
> > <x y="unknown:i.execute()" />
> >
> > where unknown is the unknown shorthand, but we
> have
> > the URI http://www.known.com
> >
> >
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