> After a long struggle, I've managed some hacky XSLT which manages the
> namespace mapping from strings and NS declarations to prefixed QName
> elements, however I end up getting the xmlns:pt="urn:ex" element on *every*
> leaf element (e.g. <go:zip xmlns:go="urn:ex">), rather than just once on the
> document element as I would like it:

> Does anyone know of any tricks to avoid this situation?


You need to generate the namespace higher up in the tree, either by
creating it manually or by inserting a node that requires it.  I would
say the best thing to do is a two pass transform (first pass in a
variable) where the second pass just copies all namespaces to the root
node - a step which tidies the XML for human consumption if you like,
which you can remove down the line if needed.

If you stick with a single pass, you'll need to create the namespace
nodes manually when you output the root node, and then again when you
process further down the tree.



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