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MSXML XSLT is ignoring elements without a namespace.
I'm uaing MSXML2 to parse some XSL and I'm having real problems with namespaces.
My XML document has some elements with a namespace and some without.
The problem is that the elements without a namespace are being ignored by the stylesheet.
<xsl:value-of select="element-name"/> gives nothing, even though the name is definately valid.
If I uses this
<xsl:value-of select="*[name()='element-
Anything with a namespace also works fine.
Any ideas whats going on?
This is some sample xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rdf:RDF
xmlns="http://"
xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
>
<channel rdf:about="http://www.blahblah.com">
<title>Title Title</title>
<description>
Test Text Text Test Text TextTest Text TextTest Text TextTest Text Text
Test Text Text Test Text TextTest Text TextTest Text TextTest Text Text
Test Text Text Test Text TextTest Text TextTest Text TextTest Text Text
Test Text Text Test Text TextTest Text TextTest Text TextTest Text Text
Test Text Text Test Text TextTest Text TextTest Text TextTest Text Text
</description>
<link>http://www.blahblah.com</link>
<dc:publisher>The Publisher</dc:publisher>
<dc:rights>? Copyright Stuff</dc:rights>
<dc:date>2001-09-10T10:31+
<dc:creator>The creator</dc:creator>
<image rdf:resource="http://www.blahblah.com/images/piccy.gif" />
</channel>
</rdf:RDF>
and this is my xsl:
<xsl:stylesheet
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
version="1.0">
<xsl:output method="html" version="4.0"/>
<xsl:template match="rdf:RDF">
<html>
<head>
<title>Name Space Problem</title>
</head>
<body>
<xsl:apply-templates select="*"/>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="*[name()='channel']
<h1><xsl:value-of select="title"/></h1>
<p><xsl:value-of select="description"/></p>
<font size="small" color="gray">
<center><xsl:value-of select="dc:creator"/></cen
<center><xsl:value-of select="dc:publisher"/></c
<center><xsl:value-of select="dc:rights"/></cent
<center><xsl:value-of select="dc:date"/></center
</font>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="*">
<font size="large" color="red">Thats no good</font>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
This is driving me round the bend, so any help would be appreciated.
My XML document has some elements with a namespace and some without.
The problem is that the elements without a namespace are being ignored by the stylesheet.
<xsl:value-of select="element-name"/> gives nothing, even though the name is definately valid.
If I uses this
<xsl:value-of select="*[name()='element-
Anything with a namespace also works fine.
Any ideas whats going on?
This is some sample xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rdf:RDF
xmlns="http://"
xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
>
<channel rdf:about="http://www.blahblah.com">
<title>Title Title</title>
<description>
Test Text Text Test Text TextTest Text TextTest Text TextTest Text Text
Test Text Text Test Text TextTest Text TextTest Text TextTest Text Text
Test Text Text Test Text TextTest Text TextTest Text TextTest Text Text
Test Text Text Test Text TextTest Text TextTest Text TextTest Text Text
Test Text Text Test Text TextTest Text TextTest Text TextTest Text Text
</description>
<link>http://www.blahblah.com</link>
<dc:publisher>The Publisher</dc:publisher>
<dc:rights>? Copyright Stuff</dc:rights>
<dc:date>2001-09-10T10:31+
<dc:creator>The creator</dc:creator>
<image rdf:resource="http://www.blahblah.com/images/piccy.gif" />
</channel>
</rdf:RDF>
and this is my xsl:
<xsl:stylesheet
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
version="1.0">
<xsl:output method="html" version="4.0"/>
<xsl:template match="rdf:RDF">
<html>
<head>
<title>Name Space Problem</title>
</head>
<body>
<xsl:apply-templates select="*"/>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="*[name()='channel']
<h1><xsl:value-of select="title"/></h1>
<p><xsl:value-of select="description"/></p>
<font size="small" color="gray">
<center><xsl:value-of select="dc:creator"/></cen
<center><xsl:value-of select="dc:publisher"/></c
<center><xsl:value-of select="dc:rights"/></cent
<center><xsl:value-of select="dc:date"/></center
</font>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="*">
<font size="large" color="red">Thats no good</font>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
This is driving me round the bend, so any help would be appreciated.
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The exclude-result-prefixes is a great tip, too.
Thannks.