XSLT failing to display transformed XML in web browser

Question

I've been having problems getting my XSLT file to get its XSLT functions to display, and after a bit of trial and error/debugging with Blueprint, it appears my problem has to do with my namespacing and (possibly) my XSD file. I've spent an hour with my professor trying to find the bug/problem, but to no avail.

XML File

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="movies.xsl"?>

<movieRoot xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
           xmlns="http://www.example.com/comicbooks/movies/ns"
           xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.example.com/comicbooks/movies/ns movies.xsd">    

    <movie>

        <movieTitle>Captain America: Civil War</movieTitle>
        <genre>Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi</genre>
        <rating>8.13</rating>
        <length>147 min</length>
        <releaseDate>May 6th, 2016</releaseDate>

     </movie>

</movieRoot>

XSD File

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>

<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
           xmlns="http://www.example.com/comicbooks/movies/ns"
           targetNamespace="http://www.example.com/comicbooks/movies/ns">

    <xs:element name="movieRoot">
        <xs:complexType>
            <xs:sequence>
                <xs:element name="movie" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded" >
                    <xs:complexType>
                        <xs:sequence>
                            <xs:element name="movieTitle" type="xs:string" />
                            <xs:element name="genre" type="xs:string" />
                            <xs:element name="rating" type="xs:string" />
                            <xs:element name="length" type="xs:string" />
                            <xs:element name="releaseDate" type="xs:string" />
                       </xs:sequence>
                    </xs:complexType>
                </xs:element>
            </xs:sequence>
        </xs:complexType>
     </xs:element>

</xs:schema>

XSLT File

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
                xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">


    <xsl:template match="/">

        <html>
        <head>
            <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="movies.css" />
        </head>

        <body>

            <h1><xsl:value-of select= "movieRoot/movie/releaseDate" /></h1>

        </body>
        </html>


     </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Please don't ask the same question twice! – michael.hor257k Apr 28 '16 at 06:16 — michael.hor257k, Apr 28 '16 at 06:16

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

Your XSLT isn't taking into account the default namespace of your XML.

Declare a namespace prefix on your xsl:stylesheet element:

xmlns:ns="http://www.example.com/comicbooks/movies/ns"

And change your xsl:value-of to use the newly defined namespace prefix:
```
<xsl:value-of select= "ns:movieRoot/ns:movie/ns:releaseDate" />
```

Then your XML will be rendered via your XSLT to show the date as an h1.

Notes:

An XSD doesn't come into play for displaying HTML transformed from XML.
Chrome will not load locally originating XSLT due to security concerns. Firefox will.
See also XSLT not working in web browser

Yes! That did the trick, thank you very much. – Tim Bob Apr 30 '16 at 23:11 — Tim Bob, Apr 30 '16 at 23:11

XSLT failing to display transformed XML in web browser

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