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Minita, XSL processor does not retrieve anything. The URI is a "well-known" URI indicating that all elements/attributes prefixed with the declared namespace prefix are associated with the XSLT namespace. I imagine URIs are used for their uniqueness, and allow some indication of which governing body created the namespace being used. If we just used names like "xslt" we could have name collision, but by specifying as a URI we not only guarantee uniqueness, but also gain information as to domain of the namespace. The URI does not have to be a working URL. Since it is never followed. --Keith Minita Jha wrote: > > Hi, > > I am trying to understand what exactly does 'xmlns' do in > <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/XSL/Transform/1.0"> > > Does the proper execution of the styleseet depend on the specified url being up > and running? Does the xsl processor download something from this site? > > Thanks in advance. > Minita. > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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