It wasn't meant to be copied verbatim :)  "old" refers to your N
namespace and "new" refers to N+1.

If your elements weren't prefixed then you'll need to invent a prefix
mapped to the existing namespace, such as "old", and then put all
result elements in the new namespace, using:

( xmlns:old="the N namespace" defined on the root element)

<xsl:template match="old:*">
  <xsl:element name="{local-name(.)}" namespace="the N+1 namespace">
    <xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
    <xsl:apply-templates/>
  </xsl:element">
</xsl:template>

You don't need the namespace attribute on xsl:element if you've
already defined the default namespace on the root element, but
personally I like it there.



On 24/03/2008, Farrukh Najmi <farrukh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks David. The resulting style sheet gives an error similar to:
>
>  ERROR:  'Namespace for prefix 'new' has not been declared.'
>
>  I am assuming that I need to somehow add the 'new' namespace declaration
>  via 'xmlns:new ' attribute in result tree.
>
>  This is probably a dumb question but how do I replace xmlns:old
>  namespace declaration with xmlns:new namespace declaration?
>
>  Thanks again for your kind help.
>
>
>  David Carlisle wrote:
>  > declare old and new prefixes on xsl:stylesheet, then something like
>  >
>  > <xsl:template match="old:*">
>  > <xsl:element name="new:{local-name(.)">
>  >   <xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
>  >    <xsl;apply-templates/>
>  >  </xsl:element">
>  > </xsl:template>
>  >
>
>
>
> --
>  Regards,
>  Farrukh Najmi
>
>  Web: http://www.wellfleetsoftware.com
>
>


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