On 12/5/06, Mark Wilson <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,



I have no idea how to even look this problem up in the archives. If the
answer is there, I apologize.

I find that a template such as



<xsl:template match="/Workbook">



         <xsl:apply-templates select="DocumentProperties" />



 </xsl:template>



is invoked when the element name is undecorated with a namespace attribute:



 <Workbook>
.
</Workbook>

but is not invoked when the namespace is present:



<Workbook xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"



 xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"



 xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel"



 xmlns:ss="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"



 xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">



...



</Workbook>



How does the template have to be changed to be invoked for the second case?

In the second case <Workbook> is in the namespace
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet" because it's unprefixed
and the default namespace (the one used by unprefixed elements) has
been changed using xmlns="..."

Oddly the same namespace has been defined again for the "ss" prefix,
which is a bit pointless - either <Workbook> should be changed to
<ss:Workbook> and don't change the default namespace, or the "ss"
prefix should be dropped.

Either way, what you need to do to define that namespace in your
stylesheet and give it a prefix, say "ss" as well, then use that
prefix when referring to that element.

For example:



<xsl:stylesheet
xmlns:ss="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet" ........>

and then



<xsl:apply-templates select="ss:Workbook"/>



<xsl:template match="ss:Workbook">



etc



cheers
andrew