I have a fairly simple XML file and simple stylesheet. The problem is that the processors I have used seem to ignore the templates I have used even when there is a clear match.

Here is the XML:

<FullDataSet xmlns="SMschema">
  <TransactionInfo>
    <TransactionType>CMSGenerate</TransactionType> <ExternalSystemId>aeaee47d-858b-4843-a0e3-1fa0f000d03b</ExternalSystemId>
  </TransactionInfo>
  <Card CardId="11">
    <ManufacturerCardId />
    <IssueDate>20061024</IssueDate>
    <SerialNumber>0000000011</SerialNumber>
    <DeptCode>001300</DeptCode>
    <AgencyCode>1300</AgencyCode>
    <FacilityCode>00003</FacilityCode>
    <DeptName>Deptartment of Commerce</DeptName>
    <AgencyName>Deptartment of Commerce</AgencyName>
    <FacilityName>All Badging / NIST</FacilityName>
    </Card>
</FullDataSet>

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Here is the relevant part of the XSLT:

<xsl:template match="/*">
        <xsl:element name="CardRequest">
            <xsl:apply-templates />
        </xsl:element>
    </xsl:template>

    <xsl:template match="//Card" priority="101">
        <xsl:element name="Parameters">
            <xsl:element name="SourceID"><xsl:value-of select="@CardId"/></xsl:element>
        </xsl:element>
        <xsl:element name="Agency">SOMETHING</xsl:element>
    </xsl:template>

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Notice that Card is the second child of the root, and I match on "//Card" anyway. So it shouldn't matter what the context node is. Still that template never gets called with the <apply-templates> call. I have tried moving everything up to the main template and different but equivalent XPath expressions. Nothing works.

Any help or insight is appreciated.

Thanks.

I tested your code and it produced the following:

<CardRequest>CMSGenerateaeaee47d-858b-4843-a0e3-1fa0f000d03b200610240000000011001300130000003Depta rtment of CommerceDeptartment of CommerceAll Badging / NIST</CardRequest>

What was the desired result?

what processor are you using and what version of XSLT?

Well, for the XSLT snippet above, the desired output would be the following:

<CardRequest>
  <Parameters>
    <SourceID>11</SourceID>
  </Parameters>
  <Agency>Something</Agency>
</CardRequest>

To answer your questions, I am using XSLT 1.0, and I have found the same results using XML Spy and Saxon.

Thanks for taking the time to look into this.

Suggest you read the first post in this forum and see the link about namespaces. Basically you don't have an element named Card in your XML.

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Joe (Microsoft MVP - XML)

Your document is in a namespace. The element name is not "Card" it is "x:Card" where the prefix "x" represents the namespace "SMschema". You need to use a prefix bound to this namespace in your XPath queries and XSLT match patterns.

Google for "FAQ XSLT default namespace".

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference

I can't say that I found any useful references on the topic, but I played around and figured it out. Thank you so much, Joe and Michael, for your help.