I found my solution: For reference, here was my starting point.
In the XML file I have the namespace declarations: <comwpc:page xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; xmlns:comwpc="http://commerce.wi.gov/xmlns/comwpc"; xmlns:comwpm="http://commerce.wi.gov/xmlns/comwpm"; xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; xsi:schemaLocation=" http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml /schema/com-1_0.xsd http://commerce.wi.gov/xmlns/comwpc /schema/com-content-module-1_0.xsd http://commerce.wi.gov/xmlns/comwpm /schema/com-meta-module-1_0.xsd http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace http://www.w3.org/2001/xml.xsd "> with the html elements coded as <a>, <strong> etc. In the xsl file I have (note the default declaration xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";) <xsl:transform version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"; xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; xmlns:comwpc="http://commerce.wi.gov/xmlns/comwpc"; xmlns:comwpm="http://commerce.wi.gov/xmlns/comwpm"; xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; exclude-result-prefixes="xsl comwpc comwpm xsi" > and refer to the html elements with <template match="a"> Nothing happens. In the XML file I keep the namespace declaration in the XML such as <comwpc:page xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; xmlns:comwpc="http://commerce.wi.gov/xmlns/comwpc"; xmlns:comwpm="http://commerce.wi.gov/xmlns/comwpm"; xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; xsi:schemaLocation=" http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml /schema/com-1_0.xsd http://commerce.wi.gov/xmlns/comwpc /schema/com-content-module-1_0.xsd http://commerce.wi.gov/xmlns/comwpm /schema/com-meta-module-1_0.xsd http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace http://www.w3.org/2001/xml.xsd "> with the html elements still coded as <a>, <strong> etc. In the xsl file I have added :xhtml to the namespace declaration for the default (note the default declaration now reads xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; <xsl:transform version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"; xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; xmlns:comwpc="http://commerce.wi.gov/xmlns/comwpc"; xmlns:comwpm="http://commerce.wi.gov/xmlns/comwpm"; xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; exclude-result-prefixes="xsl comwpc comwpm xsi" > and change the refernece to the element as <template match = "html:a" > it works. Is my understanding correct, the xhtml elements need a namespace value to work in the xsl processor? Gary T. Schultz Web Technical Administrator / GIS Coordinator Wisconsin Department of Commerce 6th Floor P.O. Box 7970 Madison, WI 1-608-266-1283 -----Original Message----- From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 4:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: matching html elements in transformation Antony Quinn wrote: > Gary, > > It sounds like a namespace problem. > > Take a look at your HTML - if there's a DTD declaration you'll need to > declare this is a namespace in your XSL file and prefix any HTML > elements accordingly, eg: No. DTD and namespace are separate things. Just only check if HTML given has a namespace. And if there is none you don't have to add one, regardless which DTD. If HTML had a namespace it should be mentioned in the starting tag of its root element like <html xmlns=""> ... </html> Normally (non-X)HTML doesn't allow for a namespace attribute. -- Volkmar W. Pogatzki --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
