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> How about in an identity transformation, how do you preserve the > original name of an element, but add a namespace to it? You mean original local name, I assume (the name constists of local name plus namespace). Use <xsl:element name="{local-name()}" namespace="new-namespace"> in place of <xsl:copy> Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/ > > > On 5/5/05, David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > XPath considers the namespace to be an integral part of the name > > so "field in namespace1" is no more related to "field in namespace2" > > than it is to "lksfhaskhfashfd in namespace 1". > > > > There are good reasons for this: the documentred reason for > introducing > > the whole namespace complication is so that your "p" element is > > completely different from my "p" element. So to say you > want to match on > > eny element called p whatever namespace it is in is like > saying you want > > to match on any element whose name begins with W. You can do both of > > those, but not with the short syntax reserved for more resonable > > selections. > > > > *[starts-with(name(),'W')] > > and > > *[local-name()='field'] > > > > Actually sufficient numbers of peopel wantto be bad that > XPath2 offers a > > *:field but you probably are not using XPath2 (unless you are > > usingsaxon8) XSLT2/XPath2 are still in draft form. > > > > David > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > __________ > > This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. The > > service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on > a proactive > > anti-virus service working around the clock, around the > globe, visit: > > http://www.star.net.uk > > > ______________________________________________________________ > __________
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