Accessing elements with namespaces

[johkar]

Given that all the nodes in my XML document have the "dsml" namespace,
what is the XSL syntax to access the elements or apply templates?
Below is a snippet:

<dsml:batchResponse xmlns:dsml="urnasis:names:tcSML:2:0:core"
xmlns="urnasis:names:tcSML:2:0:core" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/
2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<dsml:searchResponse>
<dsml:searchResultEntry>
<dsml:attr name="mail">
<dsml:value>[email protected]</dsml:value>
</dsml:attr>
</dsml:searchResultEntry>
</dsml:batchResponse>

 

[Martin Honnen]

Given that all the nodes in my XML document have the "dsml" namespace,
what is the XSL syntax to access the elements or apply templates?
Below is a snippet:

<dsml:batchResponse xmlns:dsml="urnasis:names:tcSML:2:0:core"
xmlns="urnasis:names:tcSML:2:0:core" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/
2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<dsml:searchResponse>
<dsml:searchResultEntry>
<dsml:attr name="mail">
<dsml:value>[email protected]</dsml:value>
</dsml:attr>
</dsml:searchResultEntry>
</dsml:batchResponse>

In the XSLT stylesheet you need to bind a prefix to the namespace URI
and use that prefix in XPath expressions and match patterns. Often the
same prefix as in the XML input is used but that is not necessary.
<xsl:stylesheet
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
version="1.0"
xmlns:dsml="urnasis:names:tcSML:2:0:core">

<xsl:template match="dsml:batchResponse">
...
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

 

[Joseph Kesselman]

Given that all the nodes in my XML document have the "dsml" namespace,
what is the XSL syntax to access the elements or apply templates?

Define a prefix in your stylesheet which maps to that namespace, and use
that prefix in your XPaths, like so:

<xsl:stylesheet ... xmlns:dsml="urnasis:names:tcSML:2:0:core" ...>
...
<xsl:template match="dsml:batchResponse">
<xsl:apply-templates select="//dsml:value"/>
</xsl:template>
...

<xsl:stylesheet>

and so on.

Standard pointer to the many tutorials/articles on
http://www.ibm.com/xml, since this is a question that any decent XSLT
tutorial should have answered.

 

[johkar]

In the XSLT stylesheet you need to bind a prefix to the namespace URI
and use that prefix in XPath expressions and match patterns. Often the
same prefix as in the XML input is used but that is not necessary.
   <xsl:stylesheet
     xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
     version="1.0"
     xmlns:dsml="urnasis:names:tcSML:2:0:core">

     <xsl:template match="dsml:batchResponse">
        ...
     </xsl:template>

   </xsl:stylesheet>

Thanks very much...and quick too.