Michael,

Thanks, that did fix the problem.  Out of curiosity (strictly academic
as my stylesheet does what I need it to), is there a more elegant
solution to the problem?  Or is the stylesheet I wrote along the correct
lines?

Thanks,

--Joel

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Kay [mailto:mhk@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2004 5:20 AM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE:  RE: unwanted and non prefix namespaces in output

I don't know what XSLT processor you're using, but the output I'm seeing
from Saxon (which I believe is correct) starts:

<sequence xmlns:ads="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ads/2003/sequence"
version="1" description="foo" command="bar">

   <sequence version="1" description="Image" command="WIN2000">

      <task xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ads/2003/sequence">

The first <sequence> element is generated from a literal result element
in your stylesheet. It is in no namespace because the stylesheet doesn't
put it in a namespace. It copies the declaration of xmlns:ads from the
stylesheet because that's what literal result elements do.

The second <sequence> element is the same, but it doesn't redeclare
xmlns:ads because that would be redundant.

The <task> element is generated by copying from the source document. The
element is in the ads/2003 namespace because it stays in the same
namespace when you copy it. The original <task> element has an in-scope
namespace with prefix "" and uri "http://....ads/2003/...", so the
copied element has one too.

I think, if I understand your problem description, that you probably
want to write <xsl:copy> where you currently write <sequence>. That way
you will get the namespaces that are in scope for the source element,
not those that are in scope in the stylesheet.

You made a lot of headway in four hours...

Michael Kay

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel Friedman [mailto:jfriedman@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 31 July 2004 07:09
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  RE: unwanted and non prefix namespaces in output
>
> I am very new to xslt (approx 4 hours) but I have managed to
> (mostly) do
> the simple task I am trying to perform.
>
> I am attempting to take an xml file in this format (greatly shortened
> for simplicity):
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?> <sequence version="1"
> description="foo" command="bar"
> xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ads/2003/sequence">
>
>   <sequence version="1" description="Image" command="WIN2000"
> xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ads/2003/sequence">
>     <task>
>       <command>foo</command>
>       <parameters>
>         <parameter>bar</parameter>
>       </parameters>
>     </task>
>    <task>
>     ...
>    </task
>   </sequence>
>
>   <sequence version="1" description="Patch" command="WIN2000"
> xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ads/2003/sequence">
>     <task>
>       <command>foo</command>
>       <parameters>
>         <parameter>bar</parameter>
>       </parameters>
>     </task>
>     <task>
>      ...
>     </task
>   </sequence>
>
>   <sequence version="1" description="Patch" command="WIN2K3"
> xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ads/2003/sequence">
>     <task>
>       <command>foo</command>
>       <parameters>
>         <parameter>bar</parameter>
>       </parameters>
>     </task>
>    <task>
>     ...
>    </task
>   </sequence>
>
>  <sequence version="1" description="foo" command="bar"
> xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ads/2003/sequence">
>    ...
>  </sequence>
>
>   ...
>
> </sequence>
>
>
> And apply this XSL:
>
> <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
>
> xmlns:ads="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ads/2003/sequence"
>                 version="1.0">
>
>   <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>
>   <xsl:variable name="osName"
> select="ads:sequence/ads:sequence/@command"/>
>
>   <xsl:template match="/">
>     <xsl:apply-templates select="ads:sequence"/>
>   </xsl:template>
>
>   <xsl:template match="ads:sequence">
>     <xsl:choose>
>       <xsl:when test="(@description='Patch')">
>         <xsl:if test="@command=$osName">
>           <sequence>
>             <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
>           </sequence>
>           </xsl:if>
>       </xsl:when>
>       <xsl:otherwise>
>         <sequence>
>           <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
>         </sequence>
>       </xsl:otherwise>
>     </xsl:choose>
>   </xsl:template>
>
>   <xsl:template match="@*|node()">
>     <xsl:copy>
>       <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
>     </xsl:copy>
>   </xsl:template>
>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
>
>
> Basically I'm trying to fetch the OS Name from the command attribute
> of the second sequence (fixed location)  Then the if OS matches the
> command attribute for the sequence with a description of 'Patch', copy

> it over.
> Also copy over everything else that isn't a Patch sequence.  So
> basically my output should be identical to my input minus the Patch
> sequence where the OS does not match.  My problem enlies that every
> 'task ' element has the namespace added to it but the sequence element

> does not.
>
> ..sample output:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?> <sequence version="1"
> description="foo" command="bar">
>
>  <sequence version="1" description="Image" command="WIN2000">
>   <task  xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ads/2003/sequence">
>    <command>foo</command>
>    <parameters>
>     <parameter>bar</parameter>
>    </parameters>
>   </task>
>
>
> The exclude-result-prefixes="ads" squashed my namespace on the root
> sequence element (which I don't want).  I need the namespace to only
> be defined on all sequence blocks.  Just like the input.  The logic
> part of not copying over the block I do not need does work.  It's
> probably not the best way, but it is functional.  Forgive me if I did
> not use the correct XSL grammar while trying to explain my problem.
>
> Anybody have an idea of a direction I should look in for a solution?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> --Joel
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: Joel Friedman
> Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2004 2:07 AM
> To: 'xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: unwanted and non prefix namespaces in output
>
>
> I am very new to xslt (approx 4 hours) but I have managed to
> (mostly) do
> the simple task I am trying to perform.
>
> I am attempting to take an xml file in this format (greatly shortened
> for simplicity):
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?> <sequence version="1"
> description="foo" command="bar"
> xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ads/2003/sequence">
>
>   <sequence version="1" description="Image" command="WIN2000"
> xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ads/2003/sequence">
>     <task>
>       <command>foo</command>
>       <parameters>
>         <parameter>bar</parameter>
>       </parameters>
>     </task>
>    <task>
>     ...
>    </task
>   </sequence>
>
>   <sequence version="1" description="Patch" command="WIN2000"
> xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ads/2003/sequence">
>     <task>
>       <command>foo</command>
>       <parameters>
>         <parameter>bar</parameter>
>       </parameters>
>     </task>
>     <task>
>      ...
>     </task
>   </sequence>
>
>   <sequence version="1" description="Patch" command="WIN2K3"
> xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ads/2003/sequence">
>     <task>
>       <command>foo</command>
>       <parameters>
>         <parameter>bar</parameter>
>       </parameters>
>     </task>
>    <task>
>     ...
>    </task
>   </sequence>
>
>  <sequence version="1" description="foo" command="bar"
> xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ads/2003/sequence">
>    ...
>  </sequence>
>
>   ...
>
> </sequence>
>
>
> And apply this XSL:
>
> <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
>
> xmlns:ads="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ads/2003/sequence"
>                 version="1.0">
>
>   <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>
>   <xsl:variable name="osName"
> select="ads:sequence/ads:sequence/@command"/>
>
>   <xsl:template match="/">
>     <xsl:apply-templates select="ads:sequence"/>
>   </xsl:template>
>
>   <xsl:template match="ads:sequence">
>     <xsl:choose>
>       <xsl:when test="(@description='Patch')">
>         <xsl:if test="@command=$osName">
>           <sequence>
>             <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
>           </sequence>
>           </xsl:if>
>       </xsl:when>
>       <xsl:otherwise>
>         <sequence>
>           <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
>         </sequence>
>       </xsl:otherwise>
>     </xsl:choose>
>   </xsl:template>
>
>   <xsl:template match="@*|node()">
>     <xsl:copy>
>       <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
>     </xsl:copy>
>   </xsl:template>
>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
>
>
> Basically I'm trying to fetch the OS Name from the command attribute
> of the second sequence (fixed location)  Then the if OS matches the
> command attribute for the sequence with a description of 'Patch', copy

> it over.
> Also copy over everything else that isn't a Patch sequence.  So
> basically my output should be identical to my input minus the Patch
> sequence where the OS does not match.  My problem enlies that every
> 'task ' element has the namespace added to it but the sequence element

> does not.
>
> ..sample output:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?> <sequence version="1"
> description="foo" command="bar">
>
>  <sequence version="1" description="Image" command="WIN2000">
>   <task  xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ads/2003/sequence">
>    <command>foo</command>
>    <parameters>
>     <parameter>bar</parameter>
>    </parameters>
>   </task>
>
>
> The exclude-result-prefixes="ads" squashed my namespace on the root
> sequence element (which I don't want).  I need the namespace to only
> be defined on all sequence blocks.  Just like the input.  The logic
> part of not copying over the block I do not need does work.  It's
> probably not the best way, but it is functional.  Forgive me if I did
> not use the correct XSL grammar while trying to explain my problem.
>
> Anybody have an idea of a direction I should look in for a solution?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> --Joel