#parser-interoperability

XML Parser Default Namespace vs. XSLT Processor Namespace Interpretation for Repeatable Transformations

The objective is to create a repeatable development environment where an XML parser’s treatment of a missing namespace URI aligns with the expectations of an XSLT processor during transformation. Because the XML 1.0 specification leaves the precedence of a default namespace versus no namespace undefined, implementations such as Xerces and Crimson may assign