RE: [xsl] Newbie: template match using a mix of namespace prefix and none p refix

[Palmer Magnus <Magnus dot Palmer at tetrapak dot com>]

Hi Tennison,

> 1) Absolute path, not working
> <xsl:template
>
match="/msg/req/dta/SHOW_PO_007/DATAAREA/SHOW_PO/POHEADER/of:USERAREA/of:TRA
> NSMETHD" mode="copy">

<<My guess would be that these paths aren't working because the msg,
<<req, dta, SHOW_PO_007, DATAAREA, SHOW_PO and/or POHEADER elements are
<<in a namespace in your XML document. Without seeing your source
<<document I can't tell, but this seems to be the most likely
<<explanation.

The namespaces are as following:
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" 
xmlns="x-schema:http://scshost/schemas/oagis/7.1/011_show_po_007.xdr";
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
xmlns:of="x-schema:http://scshost/schemas/oagis/7.1/oagis_fields.xdr"; 
xmlns:os="x-schema:http://scshost/schemas/oagis/7.1/oagis_segments.xdr"; 
xmlns:scala="x-schema:http://scshost/schemas/oagis/7.1/scala_fields.xdr";
>
Hence I asume that the default namespace is using the 011_show_po_007.xdr
namespace.
These namespaces are declared in the SHOW_PO_007 element of the incoming
source document.

This is a partial trace from Saxon:
</Source><!--
/msg[1]/req[1]/dta[1]/SHOW_PO_007[1]/DATAAREA[1]/SHOW_PO[1]/POHEADER[1]/of:U
SERAREA[1]/text()[8] -->
                                   <Source
node="/msg[1]/req[1]/dta[1]/SHOW_PO_007[1]/DATAAREA[1]/SHOW_PO[1]/POHEADER[1
]/of:USERAREA[1]/of:TRANSMETHD[1]" line="77" mode="*default*">
                                    <Instruction element="xsl:template"
line="20">
                                     <Instruction element="xsl:copy"
line="21">
                                      <Instruction
element="xsl:apply-templates" line="22">
To my understanding (being fairly new to XSL*) Saxon has identified the same
source path as I am using, or?

> 3) This one is working, but now I may match POLINE tags as well...
> <xsl:template match="//of:USERAREA/of:TRANSMETHD" mode="copy">

<<This template will only match of:TRANSMETHD elements that are children
<<of of:USREAREA elements, so I don't understand why you say that it
<<might match POLINE elements as well.

Well this is probably because you haven't seen the source document
structure.
There might be a POHEADER/of:USERAREA/of:TRANSMETHD and several
POLINE[1->n]/of:USERAREA/of:TRANSMETHD

Thanks for clarifying the // :)

Best regards Magnus

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