It occurred to me that it would probably be helpful to see what a template 
looks like that would work for this XML...

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
                xmlns:s="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"
                version="1.0">
<xsl:output method="xml"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
  <xsl:apply-templates select="//s:subfield[@code = 'a']"/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="s:subfield">
  <xsl:copy-of select="."/>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Notice the namespace declaration for s... 
xmlns:s="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"

Hope this helps!

<M:D/>


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "M. David Peterson" <m.david@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 9:04 AM
Subject: Re: [xsl] xmlns (flawed XML?) (edited)


> Hey Mike,
>
> Looks like a namespace issue.  What you think you are able to access using 
> "record/datafield" will return nothing.  You can prove this by taking your 
> default namespace out or properly referencing your namespace in your XSLT 
> (e.g. "s:record/s:datafield").  Without XSLT its tought to say for sure 
> but this is usually the scenario in cases where there is a default 
> namespace used in the XML.
>
> If this isnt the case let us know and we can help you further...
>
> Best of luck!
>
> <M:D/>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Ferrando" <mikeferrando@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 8:27 AM
> Subject: [xsl] xmlns (flawed XML?) (edited)
>
>
> > Friends,
> > [The last e-mail I sent had an example with more than one record (XML
> > document) in it. Sorry.]
> >
> > I am having trouble trying to figure out why I cannot seem to write a
> > stylesheet for this XML document.
> >
> > I suspect that the XML is not correct.
> >
> > Please take a look at it (below).
> >
> > My hunch is that it needs one or both of the following:
> >   i) DOCTYPE statement pointing to a Schema or a DTD
> >   ii) namespace prefix for the elements.
> >
> > Mike Ferrando
> > Washington, DC
> >
> > ===XML:===
> > <record xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim">
> >   <leader>01248cam  2200277 a 4500</leader>
> >   <controlfield tag="001">12655819  </controlfield>
> >   <controlfield tag="005">20030723214400.0  </controlfield>
> >   <controlfield tag="008">020125s2002    enkab    b    001 0 eng
> > </controlfield>
> >   <datafield tag="906" ind1=" " ind2=" ">
> >     <subfield code="a">7</subfield>
> >     <subfield code="b">cbc</subfield>
> >     <subfield code="c">orignew</subfield>
> >     <subfield code="d">1</subfield>
> >     <subfield code="e">ecip</subfield>
> >     <subfield code="f">20</subfield>
> >     <subfield code="g">y-gencatlg</subfield>
> >   </datafield>
> >   <datafield tag="925" ind1="0" ind2=" ">
> >     <subfield code="a">acquire</subfield>
> >     <subfield code="b">2 shelf copies</subfield>
> >     <subfield code="x">policy default</subfield>
> >   </datafield>
> >   <datafield tag="955" ind1=" " ind2=" ">
> >     <subfield code="a">yh55 2002-01-25</subfield>
> >     <subfield code="c">yh55 2002-01-25</subfield>
> >     <subfield code="d">yh45 2002-01-25</subfield>
> >     <subfield code="e">yh31 2002-01-28 to Dewey</subfield>
> >     <subfield code="a">aa19 2002-01-28</subfield>
> >     <subfield code="a">ps16 2002-05-10 bk rec&apos;d, to CIP
> > ver.</subfield>
> >     <subfield code="f">yg03 2002-05-13 to BCCD</subfield>
> >     <subfield code="e">yk12 2002-06-06 Copy 2 to BCCD</subfield>
> >   </datafield>
> >   <datafield tag="010" ind1=" " ind2=" ">
> >     <subfield code="a">  2002001234</subfield>
> >   </datafield>
> >   <datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" ">
> >     <subfield code="a">0195145135</subfield>
> >   </datafield>
> >   <datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" ">
> >     <subfield code="a">DLC</subfield>
> >     <subfield code="c">DLC</subfield>
> >     <subfield code="d">DLC</subfield>
> >   </datafield>
> >   <datafield tag="042" ind1=" " ind2=" ">
> >     <subfield code="a">pcc</subfield>
> >   </datafield>
> >   <datafield tag="043" ind1=" " ind2=" ">
> >     <subfield code="a">f-ae---</subfield>
> >   </datafield>
> >   <datafield tag="050" ind1="0" ind2="0">
> >     <subfield code="a">DT295</subfield>
> >     <subfield code="b">.C6115 2002</subfield>
> >   </datafield>
> >   <datafield tag="082" ind1="0" ind2="0">
> >     <subfield code="a">965/.0462</subfield>
> >     <subfield code="2">21</subfield>
> >   </datafield>
> >   <datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" ">
> >     <subfield code="a">Connelly, Matthew James.</subfield>
> >   </datafield>
> >   <datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="2">
> >     <subfield code="a">A diplomatic revolution :</subfield>
> >     <subfield code="b">Algeria&apos;s fight for independence and the
> > origins of the post-cold war era /</subfield>
> >     <subfield code="c">Matthew Connelly.</subfield>
> >   </datafield>
> >   <datafield tag="246" ind1="3" ind2="0">
> >     <subfield code="a">Algeria&apos;s fight for independence and the
> > origins of the post-cold war era</subfield>
> >   </datafield>
> >   <datafield tag="260" ind1=" " ind2=" ">
> >     <subfield code="a">Oxford ;</subfield>
> >     <subfield code="a">New York :</subfield>
> >     <subfield code="b">Oxford University Press,</subfield>
> >     <subfield code="c">2002.</subfield>
> >   </datafield>
> >   <datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" ">
> >     <subfield code="a">xviii, 400 p. :</subfield>
> >     <subfield code="b">ill., maps ;</subfield>
> >     <subfield code="c">24 cm.</subfield>
> >   </datafield>
> >   <datafield tag="504" ind1=" " ind2=" ">
> >     <subfield code="a">Includes bibliographical references (p.
> > 361-385) and index.</subfield>
> >   </datafield>
> >   <datafield tag="651" ind1=" " ind2="0">
> >     <subfield code="a">Algeria</subfield>
> >     <subfield code="x">History</subfield>
> >     <subfield code="y">Revolution, 1954-1962.</subfield>
> >   </datafield>
> >   <datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2">
> >     <subfield code="3">Book review (H-Net)</subfield>
> >     <subfield
> > code="u">http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0c5n4-aa</subfield>
> >   </datafield>
> > </record>
> >
> >
> >
> >
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