Adding a namespace to a nested element

Question

I have some XML similar to this:

<envelope xmlns="http://test">
  <header>
    <msgId />
  </header>
  <body>
    <element1 />
  </body>
</envelope>

I want to add a namespace to the <element1> node. Can anyone help me how to do this with XSLT?

Hi , I have a xml similar to this <envelope xmlns="http:\\test"> <header> <msgId/> </header> <body> <element1> </body> I want to add a namespace to node <element1> . can anyone help me how to do this with xslt <element1 xmlns="http:\\test2"> Thanks — Kiran
– Kiran, Commented Mar 7, 2009 at 21:30

Maurice Perry · Accepted Answer · 2009-03-07 22:09:03Z

1

<xsl:template match="element1">
    <xsl:element name="element1" namespace="http:..."/>
</xsl:template>

answered Mar 7, 2009 at 22:09

Maurice Perry

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jelovirt · Accepted Answer · 2009-03-12 06:52:12Z

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Use Attribute Value Templates with name()

<xsl:template match="element1">
  <xsl:element name="{name()}" namespace="http://other-namespace">
  …

with identity transformation will give you

<envelope xmlns="http:\\test">
  <header>
    <msgId/>
  </header>
  <body>
    <element1 xmlns="http://other-namespace"/>
    …

answered Mar 12, 2009 at 6:52

jelovirt

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