Originally posted by Paul Clapham:
This isn't actually a problem, you know. The namespace declaration may be taking up space, but it doesn't change the meaning of the XML document in any way.
Thank you, I generally agree with you, but...
My client is using a dtd and it gives a complaint, sth like
Attribute "xmlns:a" must be declared for element type "b" I don't want to blame their dtd and instead i'd like to omit that xmlns declaraction if possible in xslt... otherwise, i will basically have to do a text edit...