Re: Issue with SVG file

Adrian McMenamin <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnome.lib.xslt
Message-ID <CACwZE5Q91o6ef1jDFC5RC6CQ_eWq+rQWgjwYPUH2Znw3cm1Lhw@mail.gmail.com>
On 22 August 2011 17:44, Christopher R. Maden <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 08/22/2011 12:32 PM, Adrian McMenamin wrote:
> > I can live without DTD validation but why is the namespace
> > declaration breaking everything? Every test I run suggests the SVG
> > and the XSL file are valid XML.
>
> This is a FAQ.  The name of the element is a complex object with a
> namespace and a local name.
>
> With <svg width="1000px" height="800px" version="1.1"
> xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">, the element’s name is
> {http://www.w3.org/2000/svg}svg.  With <svg width="1000px"
> height="800px" version="1.1">, the element’s name is {}svg.  These are
> NOT THE SAME, and XSLT that works to transform one will not transform
> the other.  You may as well ask why changing <svg> to <gvs> does not work.
>


Thanks, I understand now. Can get round this by using Saxon and XSLT 2.

Cheers.

Adrian

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