I have the following stylesheet which renames any 'x' element to 'y':
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
version="1.0">
<xsl:template match="x">
<xsl:element name="y">
<xsl:apply-templates select="@*"/>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:element>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="@*|node()">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates select="@*"/>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
But when a namespace is placed on the root node, it ceases to work:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<a xmlns="b">
<x a="1" b="2" c="3" d="4" />
</a>
becomes:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<a xmlns="b">
<x a="1" b="2" c="3" d="4"/>
</a>
Why doesn't the second document translate properly?
Because it doesn't contain an <x> element, it contains a <{b}x> element.
Declare the namespace in the stylesheet with an explicit prefix p, and
change the template rule to match="p:x".
This is a FAQ.
Michael Kay
Software AG
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