RE: Differing behavior of Xalan and Saxon with namespa

Both Xalan and Saxon are correct.  True, the Xalan output declares an
extra namespace, but the FitnessCenter element does not belong to that
namespace. So the presence of the declaration has no effect on the
interpretation of the document.

Cheers,

Tom P

[Roger L. Costello]

> I have observed a difference in behavior of Xalan and Saxon with
> namespaces.  Consider this stylesheet:
> 
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
>                 xmlns:fit="http://www.keeping-fit.org"
>                 version="1.0">
>  
>     <xsl:output method="xml"/>
> 
>     ...
> 
> </xsl:stylesheet>
> 
> Note the namespace declaration in the stylesheet: 
> 
>     xmlns:fit="http://www.keeping-fit.org"
> 
> When I run Xalan I get this output:
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <FitnessCenter xmlns:fit="http://www.keeping-fit.org">
>     ...
> </FitnessCenter>
> 
> Observe that the namespace declaration from the stylesheet has been
> carried over to the result document.
> 
> Now, here is the output from running Saxon:
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> <FitnessCenter>
>     ...
> </FitnessCenter>
> 
> Notice that the namespace declaration from the stylesheet was NOT
> carried over to the result document.
> 
> Which is correct - Xalan or Saxon?  /Roger
> 
> 

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