RE: Can one _generate_ namespace nodes?

> I say again, this is an attempt to fix a purely cosmetic 
> problem... but it 
> really feels like there ought to be a solution. If anyone 
> *does* know of 
> an official and reliable way to generate a namespace 
> declaration into a 
> document at a specific point, I'd appreciate the tip!

In XSLT 2.0 there is an <xsl:namespace> instruction designed to fill
this gap.

In XSLT 1.0 the usual circumvention is to create an RTF containing the
required namespace node, and then copy it (which requires xx:node-set):

<xsl:variable name="dummy">
 <xsl:element name="{$prefix}:xxx" namespace="{$uri}"/>
</xsl:variable>

...

<xsl:copy-of 
  select="xx:node-set($dummy)/*/namespace::*[name()=$prefix]"/>

Copying of namespace nodes is defined by an erratum to XSLT 1.0.

Michael Kay
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