XPath - How do i select attribute xsd:string?

[Gerben Abbink]

Hi there,

I need to select all attribute nodes with value "xsd:string" using XPath.
The input document is an XML Schema, e.g.:

...
<xsd:element type="xsd:string">
...

Node 'xsd:element' is actually in the XML Schema namespace (prefix "xsd"
maps to "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"), so this XPath expression:

//node()[namespace-uri()="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"]

selects node "xsd:element". So far so good.

But, how do i select the attribute "type"? This attribute is not in the XML
Schema namespace but when i use the "xsd" prefix the XPath processor thinks
i am referencing the XML Schema namespace.

Any ideas? Thanks.

- Gerben

 

[Richard Tobin]

But, how do i select the attribute "type"? This attribute is not in the XML
Schema namespace but when i use the "xsd" prefix the XPath processor thinks
i am referencing the XML Schema namespace.

So don't use the prefix xsd! Just use @type to get the attribute.

-- Richard