Stripping namespaces would mean stripping semantic information from the document; I don't think there's been any demand for this.
Have you considered rewriting your stylesheet? XPath and XSLT don't handle default namespaces as defaults, but they *CAN* handle documents which *use* default namespaces just fine, by specifying prefixes in the stylesheet. Remember, namespace-based processing is sensitive only to the namespace URI, not which prefix (or default) was used to select that URI. If you really insist on ignoring namespaces -- BAD idea in almost all cases -- XPath and XSLT can still be used, but you'd have to explicitly match/select the nodes using predicates that test name() and/or local-name(). ______________________________________ Joe Kesselman / IBM Research --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
