RE: Dynamically setting namespace prefix

The name attribute of xsl:namespace (like other similar instructions, e.g.
xsl:element and xsl:attribute) is an AVT, so you can do <xsl:namespace
name="{$var}">...</xsl:namespace>

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/ 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hofman, Peter [mailto:peter.hofman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 07 June 2007 14:05
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Dynamically setting namespace prefix
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I am trying to generate schemas from some XML source, using 
> XSLT 2.0 (Saxon 8.9 B).
> 
> During the generation I have to dynamically add imports of 
> several other schemas, of which the namespace is composed 
> during processing.
> 
> However, I need to add those namespaces to the schema 
> element, in order to have references to the imported schemas work.
> 
> How can I dynamically set the prefix of a namespace, if I do 
> not know how many there will be. Using a variable in 
> xsl:namespace like <xsl:namespace name="$some_variable" .../> fails.
> 
> Regards,
> Peter
> 
> 
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