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Subject: Re: [xsl] Re: xsl:namespace
From: Jesper Tverskov <jesper.tverskov@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:36:42 +0100

> Can you please clarify on how to eliminate xsl:namespace in the example
I've
> provided?

If we take your code and expand it into a full example, it could look like
this:

<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
    <xsl:output indent="yes"/>
    <xsl:template name="start">
        <xsl:variable name="value" as="xs:QName"
select="QName('http://www.xmlplease.com', 'jt:YES')"/>
        <element value="{$value}">
                <xsl:namespace name="{prefix-from-QName($value)}"
select="namespace-uri-from-QName($value)"/>
        </element>
    </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

It works nicely but it is easy to do without xsl:namespace:

<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
    <xsl:output indent="yes"/>
    <xsl:template name="start">
        <xsl:variable name="value" as="xs:QName"
select="QName('http://www.xmlplease.com', 'jt:YES')"/>
        <element value="{$value}" xmlns:jt="http://www.xmlplease.com"/>
    </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Or even this:

<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:jt="http://www.xmlplease.com">
    <xsl:output indent="yes"/>
    <xsl:template name="start">
        <xsl:variable name="value" as="xs:QName"
select="QName('http://www.xmlplease.com', 'jt:YES')"/>
        <element value="{$value}"/>
    </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>


It is for that reason that the examples of Vladimir, Florent, MK and
the spec are not as good as they can be. They are not a raison d'C*tre
for a new xsl:namespace element in XSLT 2.0.

I have provided two examples where xsl:namespace is necessary.


Cheers,
Jesper Tverskov

http://www.xmlkurser.dk
http://www.xmlplease.com


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