Thanks Martin

Is there a possibility that xpath can access two namespaces simultaneously?

Something like

xpath-default-namespace=bns1, ns2b or
xpath-default-namespace=bns1 | ns2b



Thanks,
L E O



> On 12 May 2026, at 02:46, Martin Honnen martin.honnen@xxxxxx
<xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 12/05/2026 02:16, Leo Studer leo.studer@xxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:leo.studer@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> The bank renewed the camt54 standard.
>>
>> In my stylesheet I need to access old and new bank statements
simultaneously.
>>
>> With
xpath-default-namespace="urn:iso:std:iso:20022:tech:xsd:camt.054.001.04b my
stylesheet works for the old documents and
>> with
xpath-default-namespace="urn:iso:std:iso:20022:tech:xsd:camt.054.001.08b it
does the job for the new documents.
>>
>> Is there an easy way to use either of the two namespaces so that my
stylesheet works for old and new bank statements?
>>
>>
>
> Saxon allows you to set the -ns: command line option to e.g.
-ns:urn:iso:std:iso:20022:tech:xsd:camt.054.001.04 see
https://www.saxonica.com/html/documentation12/using-xsl/commandline/index.html
>
>
> -ns:(uri|##any|##html5)
> Defines the handling of unprefixed element names appearing as name tests in
path expressions and match patterns in the stylesheet.
> Supplying a URI sets the default namespace for elements and types
(effectively a default value for xpath-default-namespace b note that an
explicit value for this attribute takes precedence).
> API wise Saxon allows you to use
https://www.saxonica.com/html/documentation12/javadoc/net/sf/saxon/s9api/Xslt
Compiler.html#setDefaultElementNamespace(java.lang.String) and
https://www.saxonica.com/html/documentation12/javadoc/net/sf/saxon/s9api/Xslt
Compiler.html#setUnprefixedElementMatchingPolicy(net.sf.saxon.s9api.Unprefixe
dElementMatchingPolicy)
>
> Thus if you use Saxon and run with the command line or with the s9api you
can match on  e.g.
>
>   xsl:template match="foo"
>
> and with the -ns or the setDefaultElementNamespace you can choose the wanted
namespace.
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