namespace problem when generating HTML

[alk]

Hi,

I'm trying to generate HTML out of an XML doccument - so far, so good. The problem is that the XML document uses a namespace defined in the related XSD.
When I remove the namespace information from the XML file the HTML file is generated, otherwise the elements are not recognized and the output remains empty.

Any idea on how to make the namespace and thus the elements available in the XSLT? Just adding the same information as in the XML file does not do the trick.

Best regards
- Alex

[george]

Hi Alex,

You need to change the name tests to use the prefix. For instance if you have something like

<xsl:template match="test">

that will match the test element from no namespace. As you have in your document test in some namespace then you need to use somthing like

<xsl:template match="x:test">

where x is mapped to your element namespace.

If you are using XSLT 2.0 adding an attribute:
xpath-default-namespace="yourNamespaceHere"
on your xsl:stylesheet element should be enough as support for default namespace was added starting with XSLT 2.0.

Best Regards,
George

[alk]

Hi George,

thanks for you answer. The problem is that my namespace has no prefix that I could add. All my XSD stuff has MathML as namespace (xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"). When I remove this from the XML file the transformation works.

xpath-default-namespace I had already tried with little success.

My XML file starts like this:

<top xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML XSD\myxsd.xsd">

the XSLT looks like this:

<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xpath-default-namespace="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML XSD\myxsd.xsd">

Any idea???

Cheers
- Alex

[george]

Hi Alex,

xpath-default-namespace="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML XSD\myxsd.xsd">

The namespace is only the first part, that is http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML. The second part is the schema document and in general that is used as a hint for the XML Schema processor but that is not part of the namespace. Try using:

xpath-default-namespace="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"

Best Regards,
George

[alk]

Hi George,

thanks again for the very fast answer and yes now it works!
I thought I had tried without the path information as well, but it didn't work - must have mistaken...

Best regards
- Alex

[mphare]

Hi,

I've got a similar problem, but your solution didn't seem to help me.

I'm trying to parse the output from OpenOffice, here's a paired down example:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><?mso-application progid="Excel.Sheet"?>

<Workbook xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"

    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"

    xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel"

    xmlns:x2="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/excel/2003/xml"

    xmlns:ss="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"

    xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"

    xmlns:c="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:component:spreadsheet">

    

    <Cell>Inside the Cell 1</Cell>

    <Cell>Inside the Cell 2</Cell>

</Workbook>

Right now I'd be happy just to xpath into the 'Cell' element, so my xsl looks like:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="2.0" xpath-default-namespace="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet">

	<xsl:template match="/Workbook">

		<p>AAAAAA</p>

		<xsl:apply-templates select="Cell"></xsl:apply-templates>

		

	</xsl:template>

	

	<xsl:template match="Cell">

		My Cell

	</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

However my output is not what I would expect.

All I get is the default template processing for the Cell elements

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

    

    Inside the Cell 1

    Inside the Cell 2

Anyone have better eyes than me and can see what I've left out?

I should add, if I remove the default namespace (or give it a prefix) then the processing works just as I would expect it would.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><p>AAAAAA</p>

		My Cell

	

		My Cell
	

It is the default namespace in the XML file that's causing me fits.

Thanks,

[mphare]

OK, never mind. It works using Saxon 8.1B, but not Saxon 6.5.3 or Xalan.

Thanks!

[george]

Hi,

Yes, because this works in XSLT 2.0 and not in XSLT 1.0. In XSLT 1.0 there is no notion of default namespace. And both Saxon 6 and Xalan are XSLT 1.0 processors while Saxon 8 is an XSLT 2.0 processor.

Best Regards,
George