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RE: handling namespaces in advance Re: namespace required in transform
- From: "Michael Kay" <michael dot h dot kay at ntlworld dot com>
- To: <xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com>
- Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 17:56:52 +0100
- Subject: RE: handling namespaces in advance Re: [xsl] namespace required in transform
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> I've been encountering this situation more and more, if not
> for the pure fact that xml is now being used in more projects.
>
> for example
>
> xml
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> --------------
> <?xml version="1.0" ?>
> <test:test>
> </test:test>
>
I don't think it's ever likely that XSLT or XPath will be extended to
handle XML that isn't namespace-well-formed. Even the raw XML 1.0 spec
warns people not to use colons that way.
Michael Kay
Software AG
home: Michael.H.Kay@ntlworld.com
work: Michael.Kay@softwareag.com
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