Thanks Marrow.
It worked.  

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Tanya,
>
>It works with the example input you gave... therefore...
>
>Be aware that namespaces are macthed/selected based upon 
the URI (and as
>with almost all things XML - case-sensitive!)- so you 
need to check the
>namespace URI declared in your stylesheet is the same 
namespace URI as the
>one declared in your input XML, e.g.
>
>if your input XML looks like...
>
> <inputroot>
>    <abc>
> <outputroot xmlns="www.xyz-whatever.com">
> <a>
> <a1> A1 data </a1>
> </a>
> <b>
> <b1> B1 data </b1>
> </b>
> </outputroot>
>    </abc>
>    <def>
> <c>data3</c>
>    </def>
> </inputroot>
>
>then the namespace declared in the stylesheet needs to 
match that URI, e.g.
>
><xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" exclude-result-prefixes="in"
>  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
>  xmlns:in="www.xyz-whatever.com"
>  xmlns="www.trial.com">
>
>
>Cheers
>Marrow
>
>
>"Tanya" <anonymous@d...> wrote in 
message
>news:212d01c4a6e7$6a2f2fb0$a601280a@p......
>> Thanks but unfortunately, that doesnt solve my problem. 
It
>> still lists only the root node in the output doc as:
>> <outputroot xmlns="www.trial.com">
>> </outputroot>
>> This is all I get.
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >Hi Tanya,
>> >
>> >You will need to declare a namespace (with a prefix) in
>> your stylesheet so
>> >that you can select and match against the nodes in your
>> input document that
>> >are bound to the default namespace, e.g. something 
like...
>> >
>> ><?xml version="1.0"?>
>> ><xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" exclude-result-
prefixes="in"
>> >  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
>> >  xmlns:in="www.trial.com"
>> >  xmlns="www.trial.com">
>> >
>> ><xsl:template match="/">
>> >  <outputroot>
>> >    <xsl:apply-templates
>> select="inputroot/abc/in:outputroot/in:a" />
>> >    <xsl:apply-templates
>> select="inputroot/abc/in:outputroot/in:b" />
>> >  </outputroot>
>> ></xsl:template>
>> >
>> ><xsl:template match="in:a">
>> >  <!-- stuff here -->
>> >  <xsl:comment>This shows the template matched the <a>
>> >element</xsl:comment>
>> ></xsl:template>
>> >
>> ><xsl:template match="in:b">
>> >  <!-- stuff here -->
>> >  <xsl:comment>This shows the template matched the <b>
>> >element</xsl:comment>
>> ></xsl:template>
>> >
>> ></xsl:stylesheet>
>> >
>> >
>> >HTH
>> >Marrow
>> >http://www.marrowsoft.com - home of Xselerator (XSLT 
IDE
>> and debugger)
>> >http://www.topxml.com/Xselerator
>> >
>> >
>> >"Tanya" <anonymous@d...> wrote in
>> message
>> >news:092301c4a6d3$988f60a0$a301280a@p......
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> I seem to be getting nowhere with namespaces.
>> >> Well, the specs have changed and my problem has 
taken a
>> >> different shape.
>> >>
>> >> Let me reiterate what I have to do.  I have to 
transform
>> >> an input xml doc to an output xml doc.
>> >>
>> >> This is my input xml doc:
>> >>
>> >> <inputroot>
>> >>    <abc>
>> >> <outputroot xmlns="www.trial.com">
>> >> <a>
>> >> <a1> A1 data </a1>
>> >> </a>
>> >> <b>
>> >> <b1> B1 data </b1>
>> >> </b>
>> >> </outputroot>
>> >>    </abc>
>> >>    <def>
>> >> <c>data3</c>
>> >>    </def>
>> >> </inputroot>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> This has to be transformed as:
>> >>
>> >> <outputroot xmlns="www.trial.com">
>> >> <a>
>> >> <a1> A1 data </a1>
>> >> </a>
>> >> <b>
>> >> <b1> B1 data </b1>
>> >> </b>
>> >> </outputroot>
>> >>
>> >> The main portion of my XSL:
>> >>
>> >> <xsl:template match="/">
>> >> <xsl:element name="outputroot">
>> >> <xsl:apply-templates
>> >> select="inputroot/abc/outputroot/a" />
>> >> <xsl:apply-templates
>> >> select="inputroot/abc/outputroot/b" />
>> >> </xsl:element>
>> >> </xsl:template>
>> >>
>> >> <xsl:template match="a">
>> >>   <!-- stuff here -->
>> >> </xsl:template>
>> >>
>> >> <xsl:template match="b">
>> >>   <!-- stuff here -->
>> >> </xsl:template>
>> >>
>> >> This xsl gives me the output document with only
>> >> <outputroot> node. If I remove the namespace 
declaration
>> >> from "outputroot" in the input document, it seems to
>> work
>> >> fine.
>> >> My aim is to get the default namespace 
in "outputroot"
>> out
>> >> on the output document as well. I think Iam missing
>> >> something in the template match condition.
>> >>
>> >> Can somebody help me?
>> >>
>> >> thanks.
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
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