fun with namespaces

Well, I tried it.
I think I understand it.

A clearer example of usage of 
exclude-result-prefixes=""
would help.

Questions:
1. why does xt complain when it occurs after the
namespace declarations. (If the answer is RTFM
please ignore)


Points of note.
No matter that I don't want them in the output,
if xt deems it necessary to have them to identify
content in the output tree, it puts them there.
The only affected items are literal content from
the stylesheet. 

I'd be obliged if someone could tell me if 
the XML source is 'correct' in its use of 
namespaces. XT eventually stopped complaining
after I tried various combinations.

I didn't try using a namespace on an attribute,
in combination with a namespace on the element...
my brain was hurting by then :-)

Have fun. DaveP

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<!DOCTYPE ns1:ns-test [
<!ELEMENT ns1:ns-test (block)+>
<!ATTLIST ns-test  xmlns:ns1 CDATA #FIXED "http://ns1.com"
          
>
<!ELEMENT block (para)+>
<!ATTLIST block  xmlns:ns2 CDATA #FIXED "http://ns2.com"
>
<!ELEMENT para (#PCDATA)>
<!ATTLIST para id ID #IMPLIED
               another CDATA #IMPLIED>]>
<!-- so top level belongs to namespace ns1 -->
<ns1:ns-test xmlns:ns1= "http://ns1.com">

  <block>
    <para>Para in block 1, main document namespace </para>
  </block>

  <ns2:block xmlns:ns2="http://ns2.com">
    <para>Para in block 2</para>
  </ns2:block>

    <ns3:block xmlns:ns3="http://ns3.com">
      <para>Para in block 3</para>
    </ns3:block>


</ns1:ns-test>



<xsl:stylesheet 
             version="1.0" 
             exclude-result-prefixes="ns1 ns2 long-namespace"
   xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
   xmlns:ns-test="http://ns1.com"
   xmlns:ns1="http://ns1.com"
   xmlns:ns2="http://ns2.com"
   xmlns:long-namespace="http://ns3.com"

>
<!-- Try removing some or all of the list of namespaces in
exclude-result-prefixes -->


<xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>




<xsl:template match="/"> 
  <xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="ns1:ns-test">
  <xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template> 

<xsl:template match="ns2:block">
 <comment>ns2 namespace selected</comment>
  <xsl:copy>
    <xsl:value-of select="para"/>
  </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template> 

<xsl:template match="long-namespace:block">
<comment>long-namespace namespace Template used</comment>

<xsl:copy>
<comment>long-namespace namespace selected</comment>
    <xsl:value-of select="long-namespace:para"/>
  </xsl:copy>
  <xsl:copy>
    <xsl:value-of select="para"/>
  </xsl:copy>
  <para>Some literal content introduced from the stylesheet</para>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="block"><!-- Which namespace is this in then? -->
<comment>No namespace Template used</comment>
  <xsl:copy>
    <xsl:value-of select="para"/>
  </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="*"/>
</xsl:stylesheet> 




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