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RE: Problem Merging multiple XML files


> If the "http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl"; or
> "http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"; are just namespaces
> which may not
> necessarily relate to a real URI, then does it really matter
> what reference
> we put in there? Couldn't "<xsl:stylesheet
> xmlns:xsl="http://somedomain.com/dummyurl";>' work just as well?

You've missed the point. Namespace URI's identify the definition of the
semantics of the vocabulary used in the document. A <stylesheet> element in
namespace http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform has a meaning defined by the
authority that allocated that namespace URI (specifically, the W3C XSL
Working Group); a <stylesheet> element in namespace
http://somedomain.com/dummyurl means whatever the owner of "somedomain"
defines it to mean. Since I'm not aware of such a definition, I can't do
anything meaningful with this <stylesheet>.

Mike Kay


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