[xsl] transform mixing up namespaces

["Huebel, David" <dhuebel at pointserve dot com>]

Hello all,

My xsl transform seems to be mixing up namespaces.  In the simplified
example below, the "content" element is in the null namespace in the
transform, but in the result, it appears to be in the default namespace,
which is bound to "uri:foo".  Is this correct behavior, and if so, why, and
how can I get the transform to leave the content element in the null
namespace?

I am using Xalan 1.2.  (Another behavior that is annoying, but correct as
far as I know, is that Xalan will create result documents with unused
namespace declarations.  See an example at the bottom of this email.)

Another question:  I use IE5 and the latest version of MSXML to view xml
documents with the <?xml-stylesheet?> directive.  Can I use MSXML to
transform documents from the command line (without buying anything)?

Thanks,

David

"Live as if you will die tomorrow - study as if you will live forever."
-- Erasmus 

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Namespace mix-up example:

Source:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<top xmlns="uri:foo">
    <next name="bar"/>
    <next name="baz"/>
</top>

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First transform:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
                xmlns:po="uri:foo"
                version="1.0">

<xsl:template match="po:next">
    <xsl:copy>
        <xsl:value-of select="@name"/>
        <xsl:apply-templates select="*"/>
    </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="po:top">
    <xsl:copy>
        <xsl:element name="content">
            <xsl:apply-templates select="*"/>
        </xsl:element>
    </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

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Result of first transform:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<top xmlns="uri:foo">
<content xmlns:po="uri:foo">
<next>bar</next>
<next>baz</next>
</content>
</top>

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Example showing unused namespace declaration:

Source:  same as above

Transform:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
                xmlns:po="uri:foo"
                version="1.0">
<xsl:template match="po:top">
    <xsl:copy-of select="."/>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Result:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<top xmlns="uri:foo" xmlns:po="uri:foo">
    <next name="bar"/>
    <next name="baz"/>
</top>


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