RE: adding attribute to copy

Hi,

> i need an XSL stylesheet that transforms an XML input so that 
> there ist
> he same output 
> only one attribute has to be added to one element called <richtext>
> it is the attribute xmlns="..."
> so taht it says <richtext xmlns=""> in the output-

Think again. You're not trying to add an attribute, you're trying to change the default namespace URI of richtext element and all it's children - actually you didn't specify if you wanted to change it for all descendants or just those who have the same NS-URI as richtext originally had. Try something like this

<xsl:variable name="new" select="'http://your.new.and.improved.namespace.uri'" />

<xsl:template match="@*|node()">
  <xsl:copy>
    <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
  </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="*[local-name() = 'richtext']">
  <xsl:element name="{local-name()}" namespace="{$new}">
    <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()" mode="ns">
      <xsl:with-param name="old" select="namespace-uri()" />
    </xsl:apply-templates>
  </xsl:element>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="*[local-name() = 'richtext']" mode="ns">
  <xsl:param name="old" />
  <xsl:element name="{local-name()}" namespace="{$new}">
    <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()" mode="ns">
      <xsl:with-param name="old" select="namespace-uri()" />
    </xsl:apply-templates>
  </xsl:element>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="@*|node()" mode="ns">
  <xsl:param name="old" />
  <xsl:choose>
    <xsl:when test="namespace-uri() = $old and self::*">
      <xsl:element name="{name()}" namespace="{$new}">
        <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()" mode="ns">
          <xsl:with-param name="old" select="$old" />
        </xsl:apply-templates>
      </xsl:element>
    </xsl:when>
    <xsl:otherwise>
      <xsl:copy>
        <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()" mode="ns">
          <xsl:with-param name="old" select="$old" />
        </xsl:apply-templates>
      </xsl:copy>
    </xsl:otherwise>
  </xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>

That probably won't handle all cases,

Jarno

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