Re: [docbook-apps] Unwanted xmlns in attribute for ePub3 template

["Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net>]

Actually, you do need a namespace in your output, just not the null namespace.  Epub3 output elements must be in the XHTML namespace.  Any customization layer must declare the default output namespace like this:

 

<xsl:stylesheet  xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" ...

 

 

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
bobs@sagehill.net

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Carlos Araya

To: docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org

Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 11:34 AM

Subject: [docbook-apps] Unwanted xmlns in attribute for ePub3 template

I am working with ePub3 ebooks and have found the following problem. 

I've added the template below to my customization layer for ePub3 publishing

<xsl:template name="user.manifest.items">
<item id="font1" href="" media-type="font/truetype"/>
<item id="font2" href="" media-type="font/opentype"/>
<item id="font3" href="" media-type="font/opentype"/>
</xsl:template>

It adds the items as requested but it inserts an empty xmlns="" declaration. The resulting lines in the manifest file look like this:

   <item xmlns="" id="font1" href="" media-type="font/truetype"/>
   <item xmlns="" id="font2" href="" media-type="font/opentype"/>
   <item xmlns="" id="font3" href="" media-type="font/opentype"/>

and produces the following error in epubcheck B4

    [java] ERROR: docbook-howto.epub/OEBPS/package.opf(36,86): element "item" not allowed anywhere; expected the element end-tag or element "item" (with xmlns="http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf")

Is there a way to remove the namespace declaration or a template that I can edit to make the change locally?