Question

I have created an XML file and transformed it into HTML using xsl. However, when I add a target namespace to the XML file, my browser does not process the file correctly. When I remove the target namespace, it works fine.

The XML is as follows:

<root  xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance'
 xmlns='http://xml.netbeans.org/schema/XmlSchema'
 xsi:schemaLocation='http://xml.netbeans.org/schema/XmlSchema XmlSchema.xsd'>

When the line xmlns='http://xml.netbeans.org/schema/XmlSchema' is present in the XML, the browser does not process it correctly. When this line is removed, it works correctly. What is the problem?

Answer 1

The problem appears to be that you do not handle the http://xml.netbeans.org/schema/XmlSchema namespace in your XSLT file.

I guess… it’s a shame that I have to guess – how do you think someone can tell you where the problem is whith your code when you do not show your code?

So, I guess you have something like this:

<xsl:stylesheet 
  version="1.0" 
  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
>
  <xsl:template match="root">
    <!-- etc ... -->
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

where you should have

<xsl:stylesheet 
  version="1.0" 
  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
  xmlns:xs='http://xml.netbeans.org/schema/XmlSchema'
>
  <xsl:template match="xs:root">
    <!-- etc ... -->
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Not the namespace handling. Adapt your XSLT accordingly.