I have a huge xml file that I would like to split up into individual xml documents; each individual xml file is supposed to have an explicit namespace declaration where applicable as show in the "Desired Output" portion below. However, I keep getting the error "namespace error : Namespace prefix bd on keyword is not defined"
My question is, how can I explicitly tell my XSLT processor where to put namespace declaration in resulting output? I have gone through a couple of tutorials online, but I can't quite figure out how to sort this out.
Partial XSLT Snippet
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<xsl:template match="chapter">
<bd:chapter>
<xsl:apply-templates select="name" />
<xsl:apply-templates select="page" />
</bd:chapter>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="name">
<bd:name>
<xsl:value-of select="." />
</bd:name>
</xsl:template>
...
...
Desired Output
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<books>
<bd:book xmlns:bd="http://www.bd.org.za/db" xmlns:cd="http://www.bd.org.za/cd">
<bd:name>book01</bd:name>
<bd:chapter>
<cd:name>chapter01<cd:name>
<bd:page>
<cd:title></cd:title>
<pd:description></pd:description>
</bd:page>
</bd:chapter>
</bd:book>
...
...
...
</books>
Update #1
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<books>
<book>
<name>book01</name>
<chapter>
<name>chapter01<name>
<page>
<title></title>
<description></description>
</page>
</chapter>
</book>
...
...
...
</books>
Update #2
@polishchuk Update2 give the following result
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root xmlns:pd="namespace2">
<pd:Book xmlns:pd="http://namespace1.org/">
<pd_1:Name xmlns:pd="namespace2" xmlns:pd_1="http://namespace1.org/">A</pd_1:Name>
<pd:Description xmlns:pd="namespace2">A1</pd:Description>
</pd:Book>
<pd:Book xmlns:pd="http://namespace1.org/">
<pd_1:Name xmlns:pd="namespace2" xmlns:pd_1="http://namespace1.org/">B</pd_1:Name>
<pd:Description xmlns:pd="namespace2">B1</pd:Description>
</pd:Book>
</root>
The only pace I would like the namespaces to appear is within the book node. Please see below
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
<pd:Book xmlns:pd="http://namespace1.org/">
<pd:Name >A</pd:Name>
<pd:Description>A1</pd:Description>
</pd:Book>
<pd:Book xmlns:pd="http://namespace1.org/">
<pd:Name>B</pd_1:Name>
<pd:Description>B1</pd:Description>
</pd:Book>
</root>
Suppose you have following XML:
<root>
<book>
<name>A</name>
<description>A1</description>
</book>
<book>
<name>B</name>
<description>B1</description>
</book>
</root>
Desired XML (with namespaces):
<root xmlns:bd="namespace1" xmlns:pd="namespace2">
<bd:Book>
<bd:Name>A</bd:Name>
<pd:Description>A1</pd:Description>
</bd:Book>
<bd:Book>
<bd:Name>B</bd:Name>
<pd:Description>B1</pd:Description>
</bd:Book>
</root>
Appropriate XSLT:
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:bd="namespace1"
xmlns:pd="namespace2"
>
<xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<root>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</root>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="book">
<bd:Book>
<xsl:apply-templates />
</bd:Book>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="name">
<bd:Name>
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</bd:Name>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="description">
<pd:Description>
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</pd:Description>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
You simply add namespaces in XSLT, then create nodes using namespace's prefix.
Update 1:
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:pd="namespace2"
>
<xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<root>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</root>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="book">
<bd:Book xmlns:bd="namespace1">
<xsl:apply-templates />
</bd:Book>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="name">
<bd:Name xmlns:bd="namespace1">
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</bd:Name>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="description">
<pd:Description>
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</pd:Description>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Update 2:
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:pd="namespace2"
>
<xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<root>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</root>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="book">
<Book xmlns="namespace1">
<xsl:apply-templates />
</Book>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="name">
<Name xmlns="namespace1">
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</Name>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="description">
<pd:Description>
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</pd:Description>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Update 3:
This XSLT:
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<root>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</root>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="book">
<pd:Book xmlns:pd="namespace2">
<xsl:apply-templates />
</pd:Book>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="name">
<pd:Name xmlns:pd="namespace2">
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</pd:Name>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="description">
<pd:Description xmlns:pd="namespace2">
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</pd:Description>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Output XML (like in your Update 2, I use MSXML 6.0), but for XML engine no matter where namespace is defined:
<root>
<pd:Book xmlns:pd="namespace2">
<pd:Name>A</pd:Name>
<pd:Description>A1</pd:Description>
</pd:Book>
<pd:Book xmlns:pd="namespace2">
<pd:Name>B</pd:Name>
<pd:Description>B1</pd:Description>
</pd:Book>
</root>
