Jon,

adding the namespace like Roman suuggested did work. But I have'nt fully
understood yet, why.

Regards,
Kai

> --- Urspr|ngliche Nachricht ---
> Von: Jon Gorman <jonathan.gorman@xxxxxxxxx>
> An: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Betreff: Re:  access the root element
> Datum: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 10:36:13 -0600
> 
> > If I got you right, then I must get the Metrics (=root) element from the
> > match="/" template by the path "Metrics" or "./Metrics".
> 
> 
> > I tried inside the "/" template following:
> > <xsl:value-of select="Metrics/@date" />
> > but didn't got the expected value.
> > in oXygen XSLT Debugger I tried all known ways of XPath definitions to
> > access it in the XWatch tab, but no success.
> 
> And did you fix the other problems noted by Roman Huditsch and Michael
> Kay with namespace issue?  There's already been a few messages in the
> past few days about the default namespace issue, and Michael gave you
> some good advice for googling it.
> 
> (just asking since if you haven't removed the namespace from your
> original sample then there should be a prefix most likely)
> 
> 
> The FAQ for this question is
> http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/sect2/N5536.html#d6476e1012
> 
> Jon Gorman