> What I want is that all of the elements, attributes, etc. in 
> the output xml file are under the www.fred.com/something namespace.

Then all you need to do is to put them in that namespace:

<security xmlns="www.fred.com/something">

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/


>  
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: David Bertoni [mailto:david.bertoni@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tue 1/23/2007 7:46 PM
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re:  empty namespace declaration being generated
> 
> 
> 
> Scott Smith wrote:
> > I apologize for not seeing it in the FAQ.  I did search for 
> it before 
> > I sent the email (did again after I saw your email), but 
> didn't find 
> > anything that looked like what I was seeing.  If could give 
> me a url, 
> > I'm happy to read it especially if after reading what's below you 
> > believe it explains the issue.
> >
> <snip>
> 
> > I'm using the latest version (2.7.0) of xalan-c, but will 
> be using a 
> > MS xslt library in production which I think means I'm stuck 
> at xslt 1.0.
> 
> There is no such version of Xalan-C.  The latest version is 1.10.
> 
> > Here's an xsl that demonstrates the problem.
> >
> > <?xml version="1.0" ?>
> > <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
> > xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
> >       <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes" />
> >      
> >       <xsl:template match="/">
> >               <stocks xmlns="http://www.fred.com/something">
> >                       <xsl:apply-templates select="/Info/Stock" />
> >               </stocks>
> >       </xsl:template>
> >
> >       <xsl:template match="Stock" />
> >       <xsl:template match="Stock[Type/@Name='tickerSymbol']">
> >               <security>
> >                       <xsl:attribute name="exchange">
> >                               <xsl:value-of 
> > select="substring-before(Name, ':')" />
> >                       </xsl:attribute>
> >                       <xsl:attribute name="ticker">
> >                               <xsl:value-of 
> > select="substring-after(Name, ':')" />
> >                       </xsl:attribute>
> >               </security>
> >       </xsl:template>
> > </xsl:stylesheet>
> >
> > Here's the input (there's no namespace declaration in the 
> source file):
> >
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Info>
> >   <Stock>
> >     <Type Name="category" />
> >     <Name>stocks</Name>
> >   </Stock>
> >   <Stock>
> >     <Type Name="tickerSymbol" />
> >     <Name>NASDAQ:BMET</Name>
> >     <Description>Biomet, Inc.</Description>
> >   </Stock>
> >   <Stock>
> >     <Type Name="tickerSymbol" />
> >     <Name>NYSE:JNJ</Name>
> >     <Description>Johnson &amp;amp; Johnson.</Description>
> >   </Stock>
> > </Info>
> >
> > The generated output file contains:
> >
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <stocks 
> > xmlns="http://www.fred.com/something">
> >     <security xmlns="" exchange="NASDAQ" ticker="BMET"/>
> >     <security xmlns="" exchange="NYSE" ticker="JNJ"/> </stocks>
> >
> 
> Which is correct.  You generate a "stocks" element in the 
> result tree using
> a literal result element in your stylesheet that has a 
> namespace URI of
> "http://www.fred.com/something".  Then, you generate two "security"
> elements in the result using a literal result in in the 
> stylesheet that
> have empty namespace URIs.  To preserve the expanded name of 
> the element,
> the serialization process generates default namespace 
> declarations that
> ensure the elements have an empty namespace URI.
> 
> You need to decide exactly what you want.  If you don't want 
> the "stocks"
> element in the namespace "http://www.fred.com/something", 
> then remove the
> default namespace declaration.  If you want the "security" 
> elements in the
> same namespace as the "stocks" element, then add the default namespace
> declaration to the "security" literal result element.  If you 
> want all of
> the literal result elements in the stylesheet in the namespace
> "http://www.fred.com/something", then you can move the 
> default namespace
> declaration to the stylesheet element.
> 
> Dave