RE: xml to xml with a xmlns schema reference

Hi.

1) You need to place all result elements into the same namespace. The
easiest way to do this is to simply declare the namespace globally in the
XSLT, for instance:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns="x-schema:DD_16394.xml">
<xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>

<xsl:template match="/cabinet">
	<XML_DATA_ISLAND_LOCATION>
		<xsl:apply-templates select="report"/>
	</XML_DATA_ISLAND_LOCATION>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="report">
	<report>
		<finishday>
			<xsl:value-of select="datefinish/day"/>
		</finishday>
		<finishmonth>
			<xsl:value-of select="datefinish/month"/>
		</finishmonth>
		<finishyear>
			<xsl:value-of select="datefinish/year"/>
		</finishyear>
	</report>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

2) "x-schema:DD_16394.xml" is an extremly poor choice for a namespace name,
as the URI scheme "x-schema" is proprietary to Microsoft. It's not a good
idea to wire a namespace name (which should never change unless the
vocabulary changes) directly to a vendor-specific URI schema or even a
particular XDR file.

Julian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Ian Hord
> Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 11:11 AM
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  xml to xml with a xmlns schema reference
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am pretty new to xslt and trying to produce xml from another xml. I am
> putting a reference in to the new xml file root element for a
> schema, which
> works, but get an empty namespace reference in the child element.
>
> I am using xmlspy with internet explorer 6.0.26 for transformations.
>
> What is going wrong any suggestions?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Ian.
>
> The xml is..
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
> <!-- edited with XML Spy v3.0.7 (http://www.xmlspy.com) by ianhord
> (private) -->
> <!DOCTYPE cabinet SYSTEM "C:\My
> Documents\projectdevelopment\xmldocs\cabinet.dtd">
> <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="C:\My
> Documents\projectdevelopment\xmldocs\cabnettoloclist2.xsl"?>
> <cabinet>
> 	<report>
> 		<reportid>001</reportid>
> 		<datestart>
> 			<day>1</day>
> 			<month>February</month>
> 			<year>1990</year>
> 		</datestart>
> 		<datefinish>
> 			<day>1</day>
> 			<month>2</month>
> 			<year>98</year>
> 		</datefinish>
> 	<report>
> <cabinet>
>
> the stylesheet is ..
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" >
> <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>
>
> <xsl:template match="/cabinet">
> 	<xsl:element name="XML_DATA_ISLAND_LOCATION"
> namespace="x-schema:DD_16394.xml">
> <xsl:apply-templates select="report"/>
> 	</xsl:element>
> </xsl:template>
> <xsl:template match="report">
> 	<xsl:element name="report">
> 		<xsl:element name="finishday">
> 			<xsl:value-of select="datefinish/day"/>
> 		</xsl:element>
> 		<xsl:element name="finishmonth">
> 			<xsl:value-of select="datefinish/month"/>
> 		</xsl:element>
> 		<xsl:element name="finishyear">
> 			<xsl:value-of select="datefinish/year"/>
> 		</xsl:element>
> 	</xsl:element>
> </xsl:template>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
>
> The output is..
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
> <XML_DATA_ISLAND_LOCATION xmlns="x-schema:DD_16394.xml">
> <report xmlns="">
> <finishday>1</finishday>
> <finishmonth>2</finishmonth>
> <finishyear>98</finishyear>
> </report>
> </XML_DATA_ISLAND_LOCATION>
>
> the output I want is...
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
> <XML_DATA_ISLAND_LOCATION xmlns="x-schema:DD_16394.xml">
> <report>
> <finishday>1</finishday>
> <finishmonth>2</finishmonth>
> <finishyear>98</finishyear>
> </report>
> </XML_DATA_ISLAND_LOCATION>
>
>
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