On Mon, 17 Mar 2003, Jeni Tennison wrote:
Hi Robert,
if i want to select all nodes in a given namespace ("auth"), it
appears i can use:
//namespace::auth
That will select all the *namespace*nodes* named "auth". Namespace
nodes are nodes that represent a prefix-namespace binding. Such a
namespace node will exist on every element within the scope of the
xmlns:auth="..." namespace declaration.
ah, right, so there will be a "child" namespace node for each element
within the scope of the declaration. this would represent the parent
<auth:author xmlns:auth=...> element itself and its five children,
correct?
If you want to select all the elements in the namespace associated
with the prefix 'auth', use:
//auth:*
All attributes in that namespace with:
//@auth:*
Note that the 'auth' namespace must be declared in the stylesheet
(or in whatever context you're selecting the nodes). A stylesheet will
not automatically pick up on the fact that the namespace is declared
in the XML document.
in fact, those were two of the first things i tried.
both of the above generate "ERROR: Prefix auth has not been declared".
and since i'm using xpathtester, it can't be a stylesheet issue.
so i'm still a bit confused -- as i said before, tidwell's example
has, embedded in the XML, the excerpt:
<auth:author xmlns:auth="...">
<last-name>...
...
</auth:author>
a couple pages later, he implies that the XPath expression
"/sonnet/auth::*" should return the <auth:author> element. instead,
xpathtester simply gives me the above ERROR.
is this just an xpathtester thing? time to switch utilities, methinks.
rday
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