Hi Tim,
  You would need to use Schema Aware XSLT
processor(and therefore XSLT 2.0). Saxon 8.1 supports
this feature.. 

Regards,
Mukul

--- tim@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to apply an XSL stylesheet to an XML
> file that uses a schema.
> I will discuss first what does work.
> 
> The following is the input XML file (XML1):
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
> <!-- MainComment1 -->
> <mainelement>
> 
>    <!-- SubComment1.1 -->
>    <subelement name="sub1">content</subelement>
>    <!-- SubComment1.2 -->
> 
>    <!-- SubComment2.1 -->
>    <subelement name="sub2">content</subelement>
>    <!-- SubComment2.2 -->
> 
> </mainelement>
> <!-- MainComment2 -->
> 
> 
> The following is the xsl I have so far (XSL1):
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
> <xsl:output method="xml" version="1.1" indent="yes"
> />
> 
> <xsl:template match="comment()">
>   <xsl:comment><xsl:value-of
> select="."/></xsl:comment>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> <xsl:template match="subelement|@*">
>     <xsl:copy>
>         <xsl:apply-templates select="node()|@*"/>
>     </xsl:copy>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> <xsl:template match="mainelement|@*">
>   <xsl:copy>
>       <xsl:apply-templates select="node()|@*"/>
> 
>       <xsl:comment >NewSubComment1.1</xsl:comment>
>       <xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
>       <subelement name="newsub">content</subelement>
>       <xsl:comment >NewSubComment1.2</xsl:comment>
>   </xsl:copy>
> </xsl:template>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
> 
> 
> The following is the output from applying XSL1 to
> XML1 (OUTPUT1):
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <!-- MainComment1 -->
> <mainelement>
> 
>    <!-- SubComment1.1 -->
>    <subelement name="sub1">content</subelement>
>    <!-- SubComment1.2 -->
> 
>    <!-- SubComment2.1 -->
>    <subelement name="sub2">content</subelement>
>    <!-- SubComment2.2 -->
> 
> <!--NewSubComment1.1-->
> <subelement name="newsub">content</subelement>
> <!--NewSubComment1.2-->
> 
> </mainelement>
> <!-- MainComment2 -->
> 
> 
> This is exactly what I want without the schema
> (OUTPUT1).  The problem is when
> the XML file uses a schema which is my real world
> problem.
> 
> The following is the input XML file that uses the
> schema (XML2):
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
> <!-- MainComment1 -->
> <mainelement
>     xmlns="http://www.mydomain.com/mainelement"
>    
>
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
>    
>
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.mydomain.com/mainelement
> file:///C:/schemas/mainelement.xsd">
> 
>    <!-- SubComment1.1 -->
>    <subelement name="sub1">content</subelement>
>    <!-- SubComment1.2 -->
> 
>    <!-- SubComment2.1 -->
>    <subelement name="sub2">content</subelement>
>    <!-- SubComment2.2 -->
> 
> </mainelement>
> <!-- MainComment2 -->
> 
> 
> When I apply XSL1 to XML2 I get the following output
> (OUTPUT2):
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <!-- MainComment1 -->
> 
>    <!-- SubComment1.1 -->
>    content
>    <!-- SubComment1.2 -->
> 
>    <!-- SubComment2.1 -->
>    content
>    <!-- SubComment2.2 -->
> 
> <!-- MainComment2 -->
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> OUTPUT2 is clearly not what I want.  I want the
> exact same output as OUTPUT1
> except with the schema location and xmlns etc.  The
> following is the desired
> output (DESIREDOUTPUT):
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <!-- MainComment1 -->
> <mainelement
>     xmlns="http://www.mydomain.com/mainelement"
>    
>
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
>    
>
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.mydomain.com/mainelement
> file:///C:/schemas/mainelement.xsd">
> 
>    <!-- SubComment1.1 -->
>    <subelement name="sub1">content</subelement>
>    <!-- SubComment1.2 -->
> 
>    <!-- SubComment2.1 -->
>    <subelement name="sub2">content</subelement>
>    <!-- SubComment2.2 -->
> 
> <!--NewSubComment1.1-->
> <subelement name="newsub">content</subelement>
> <!--NewSubComment1.2-->
> </mainelement>
> <!-- MainComment2 -->
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Can anyone help me understand how to modify my XSL1
> to create the DESIREDOUTPUT?
>  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  I have been
> trying to make this work
> for days!
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Tim



		
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