No, this can't be done.
The syntax xmlns:testns="" is illegal in XML 1.0. In XML 1.1 it becomes
legal, but unfortunately (in my view) it doesn't have the meaning you want.
Rather than binding the prefix testns to the "non-namespace", it undeclares
any existing binding of testns and makes the prefix unavailable for use.
Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Ochs [mailto:dan(_dot_)ochs(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com]
Sent: 20 October 2008 22:54
To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Subject: [xsl] Possible to use a namespace in XSL for XML
documents with no namespace?
I'm trying to figure out how/if I can use a namespace prefix
in my XSL for an XML document without a namespace. I want to
do this to better organize the XSL and code for the future
when the XML data has namespaces added to it.
The following XML and XSL hopefully illustrate what I'm
trying to do, but the XSL doesn't work as written. In the
example at the bottom of this message, I would want to use
the testns namespace and output "IT WORKS!!!" If it matters
I'm using xalan 2.7.1 and the XML is being sent in from
another application so I don't have control over it.
Any help is appreciated!
dan
XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root>
<element>Some Text</element>
</root>
XSL:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"; xmlns:testns="">
<xsl:template match="/"><xsl:apply-templates/></xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="testns:element">
IT WORKS!!!
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
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