default namespace in xsl

[miky]

I receive an xml message with the following format:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?> 

<staticMessage xmlns="Static/nme" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="Static/nme ./StaticMessage.xsd">

...

</staticMessage>

I fail to apply transformation when using a stylesheet like:

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<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

<xsl:template match="/">

	<xsl:value-of select="staticMessage/body/data"/>

</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

I have tried adding the default namespace to the xsl (xmlns="Static/nme" ) without sucess.
However if I use a prefix xmlns:j="Static/nme" , I can reference my nodes with j:\

Is this a normal behavior and is there a way of using the default namespace in the xsl sheet to reference nodes and values?

Tx,
Mik.

[george]

Hi Mik,

Yes, this is the expected behavior, name tests without prefix in Path 1.0 are in no namespace, if you want a name test in some namespace you need to use a prefix.
XPath 2.0 allows specifying a default namespace for name tests and you can do that in a stylesheet with the xpath-default-namespace attribute.

Best Regards,
George