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 Thanks Ken.
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From: "G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 4:57 PM
Subject: Re: Adding prefix to elements that belong to certain
namespace (correction)
> At 2003-09-23 16:13 -0700, Venkat Gyambavantha wrote:
> >Corrected so that my result is well-formed
> >
> ><envelope xmlns="http://somenamespace.com"> <!-- prefix this element with
> >some prefix -->
> > <Header xmlns=""> <!-- remove xmlns attribute for this element -->
> > <from>me</from>
> > <to>you</to>
> > </Header>
> > <body xmlns="">
> > <command xmlns="http://somenamespace.com"> <!-- prefix this element
with
> >the prefix used for envelope -->
> > <type xmlns="">ADD</type>
> > </command>
> ></body>
> ></envelope>
> >
> >to
> >
> ><pfx:envelope xmlns:pfx="http://somenamespace.com">
> > <Header>
> > <from>me</from>
> > <to>you</to>
> > </Header>
> > <body>
> > <pfx:command>
> > <type>ADD</type>
> > </pfx:command>
> ></body>
> ></pfx:envelope>
>
> The information sets of the above two instances are the same ... there is
> *no* transformation going on above. Prefixes are irrelevant to XML
> processing.
>
> Note, however, that processors are *not* obliged to preserve any prefix
you
> put in a QName in an xsl:element instruction ... though most do and an
> example below using Saxon does. Ref. Section 7.1.2: "XSLT processors may
> make use of the prefix of the QName specified in the name attribute when
> selecting the prefix used for outputting the created element as XML;
> however, they are not required to do so."
>
> So, you are asking for something that isn't guaranteed in XSLT for a
reason
> that isn't necessary to XML giving a result that isn't different from the
> original... but a candidate answer is below since you asked.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> ............................ Ken
>
> T:\venkat>type venkat.xml
> <envelope xmlns="http://somenamespace.com"> <!-- prefix this element with
> some prefix -->
> <Header xmlns=""> <!-- remove xmlns attribute for this element -->
> <from>me</from>
> <to>you</to>
> </Header>
> <body xmlns="">
> <command xmlns="http://somenamespace.com"> <!-- prefix this element
with
> the prefix used for envelope -->
> <type xmlns="">ADD</type>
> </command>
> </body>
> </envelope>
>
> T:\venkat>type venkat.xsl
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
> <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
> xmlns:pfx="http://somenamespace.com"
> version="1.0">
>
> <xsl:template match="*">
> <xsl:element name="{local-name(.)}">
> <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
> </xsl:element>
> </xsl:template>
>
> <xsl:template match="pfx:*">
> <xsl:element name="pfx:{local-name(.)}" namespace="{namespace-uri(.)}">
> <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
> </xsl:element>
> </xsl:template>
>
> <xsl:template match="@*|text()">
> <xsl:copy>
> <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
> </xsl:copy>
> </xsl:template>
>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
>
> T:\venkat>saxon venkat.xml venkat.xsl
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><pfx:envelope
> xmlns:pfx="http://somenamespace.com">
> <Header>
> <from>me</from>
> <to>you</to>
> </Header>
> <body>
> <pfx:command>
> <type>ADD</type>
> </pfx:command>
> </body>
> </pfx:envelope>
> T:\venkat>
>
>
>
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