get namaspaces for element

[Tommy Frost]

Hi,

I'm trying to figure out the xpath-expression for getting all relevant
namespaces of an element, but I don't wangle it.

When I have this document:

<A xmlns1>
<B xmlns2></B>
<C xmlns3>
<D>xxx</D>
<E></E>
</C>
</A>

....I need an expression which gives me the namespaces for <D>, that is
xmlns1 xmlns3

or even better, an expression which has the result
<D xmlns1 xmlns2>xxx</D><E></E>

BTW I'm not using xpath within xsl...I just need the plain expression.

Thanks.

[Richard Tobin]

In article <c0************ *@ID-16539.news.uni-berlin.de>,
Tommy Frost <th***@t-online.de> wrote:

"//D/namespace::*" doesn't work, the result is empty...btw "//D" only works,
when there are no namespaces that apply to D...strange

//D will only work when D is in no namespace, that is, when there is
no default namespace. If D is in a namespace because there is a
default namespace (i.e. xmlns="somethin g"), you will have to bind a
prefix to refer to it in the XPath expression. You will need
something like //foo:D and //foo:D/namespace::*, but I don't know how
you bind a prefix in the system you're using.

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[Patrick TJ McPhee]

In article <c0************ *@ID-16539.news.uni-berlin.de>,
Tommy Frost <th***@t-online.de> wrote:
% > That is not well-formed. Are you sure you understand XML namespaces at
% > all?

% I was told by mail that people might think, that I consider xmlns1 etc. as
% "real" namespaces -> No - they're just short forms of real ones. Thought
% this was clear.

That was clear. It's not at all clear what you mean, though, so how about
a short but complete example showing what you want as input and what
you want as output?

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