CODEWITHSUNDEEP
xmlxsltxml-namespaces
Michael
Michael

Reputation: 285

XSLT output has different namespace but same namespace prefix as input

I want to transform an XML instance that validates against schema (2) into an instance that validates against the old schema (1).

The 2 schemas use different namespace URIs but share the same element name prefix for those URIs.

Is the only workaround just to change the namespace prefix used in the input before transforming? Or can it be built into the XSLT?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 611

Answers (1)

michael.hor257k
michael.hor257k

Reputation: 116993

Is the only workaround just to change the namespace prefix used in the input before transforming?

No, the solution is to use a different prefix for the source XML namespace in the stylesheet. Here's a minimal example:

XML

<abc:root xmlns:abc="www.example.com/source"/>

XSLT 1.0

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:src="www.example.com/source"
xmlns:abc="www.example.com/target"
exclude-result-prefixes="src"> 
<xsl:output method="xml" version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" indent="yes"/>
<xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>

<xsl:template match="src:*">
    <xsl:element name="abc:{local-name()}">
        <xsl:apply-templates/>
    </xsl:element>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Result

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<abc:root xmlns:abc="www.example.com/target"/>

Upvotes: 2

Related Questions