preventing xml namespaces passing to children

Question

I have a bunch of namespaces in the xsl:stylesheet element How do I prevent the namespaces from being reflected in the children of the root. Assume i generate something like :

for eg:

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:a="aaa" xmlns:b="bbb">
</xsl:stylesheet>

<result xmlns:a="aaa" xmlns:b="bbb">
 <child1> 
  <gchild11></gchild11>
 </child1>
 <child2> </child2>
 <child3> </child3>
</result>

now, when I fetch a particular child from the tree, how do I prevent the namespaces from being passed on ?

that is, i should get :

 <child3> </child3>

and not

<child3 xmlns:a="aaa" xmlns:b="bbb"> </child3>

Thanks, Aditya

Answer 1

Add the following to your declaration:

exclude-result-prefixes="a b"