Re: [xsl] how to remove namespace declarations

[Martin Honnen <Martin.Honnen@xxxxxx>]

Frank Marent wrote:

> i have to remove namespace declarations in certain elements. i.e. i have 
> this one:
>
> <Facts xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/HTML/1998/html4"; 
> xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink";>
>   <lotOfElements/>
> </Facts>
>
> and i want to get this one:
>
> <Facts>
>   <lotOfElements/>
> </Facts>
>
> i can't manage to get there. even when i try to remove all attributes
> > from the element
>
> <xsl:template match="Facts">
>   <xsl:copy>
>     <xsl:apply-templates select="*"/>
>   </xsl:copy>
> </xsl:template>
>
> does not remove these unnecessary namespaces. 

xsl:copy copies the namespace nodes that are in scope. Use xsl:element 
instead e.g.
  <xsl:template match="Facts">
    <xsl:element name="Facts">
      <xsl:apply-templates/>
    </xsl:element>
  </xsl:template>

Or, if you are using XSLT 2.0, I think you can do e.g.
  <xsl:template match="Facts">
    <xsl:copy copy-namespaces="no">
      <xsl:apply-templates/>
    </xsl:copy>
  </xsl:template>

Note that <xsl:apply-templates select="@* | node()"/> would not hurt as 
in the XPath/XSLT data model namespace declarations are not attribute 
nodes but rather result in namespace nodes.

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