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Re: [xsl] How do I force the XSLT processor to retain a namespace declaration despite an ancestor element having that same namespace declaration?

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On 25 July 2011 18:05, Costello, Roger L. <costello@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> When this is evaluated:
>
>    <test xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
>        <inner xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" type="xs:string"
/>
>    </test>
>
> The output is this:
>
>    <test xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
>        <inner type="xs:string" />
>    </test>
>
> Notice that the namespace declaration on <inner> is gone.
>
> How do I force the XSLT processor to retain that namespace declaration and
not discard it? (I am passing the <inner> element to other functions that
don't have access to its surrounding elements, so I need that namespace
declaration retained.)
>

The key part here is how are you "passing the <inner> element to other
functions"?

In the parsed xml, the namespace is in scope on the inner element - if
you call in-scope-prefixes() you'll see 'xs' getting returned, so you
shouldn't need access to the surrounding elements.

If you are treating the xml as a string and just substringing or
regexing out the <inner> element, then you will run into problems like
this.

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Andrew Welch
http://andrewjwelch.com

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