Re: [xsl] I need to make sure that all namespace declarations get output

G. Ken Holman wrote:
> I didn't want to belabour the point, but I did want to clarify 
> something for readers of the archive.
> <snip />
>
> > I think this extra level of control is nice and will help the OP.
> It isn't extra ... it is what is expected from the use of 
> exclude-result-prefixes.
> <snip />
>
> My only objective in adding this comment is to underscore for archive 
> readers the behaviour cited is not Saxon-specific but is a direct 
> consequence of the directives added by the stylesheet writer and is 
> what I would expect for all XSLT processors.
Thanks Ken & David,

Somehow I got the feeling that I meant about the same as you, and I am 
glad to know it is the specs that mandate this behavior, and not Saxon. 
Sorry for the confusion.
The OP requested (if I understood correctly) that he needed the 
declaration of the namespace on one certain element precisely, namely, 
_before_ it'd be actually used. To do so, David pointed out that the OP 
could use a new declaration with other prefixes. I pointed out that you 
could remove the declarations from the xsl:stylesheet element and put 
them on the elements where you need it instead (I had to look up the 
word "prune", English is not my native tongue, but I think I meant about 
the same in my own jibberish ;). I don't think this latter approach is a 
good approach at all, but it does the job.
All in all, I now have a much better understanding of 
'exclude-result-prefixes', of which my little knowledge just said 'it 
removes the declarations when they are not needed (yet)'. Close enough, 
but you two (Ken, David) make the whole process much more 
understandable. I hope I didn't misguide the archive readers too much ;)
Cheers,
-- Abel



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