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Firefox 5: The XPath function name() returns names of attributes of XHTML Elements in capital letters ??

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You will see the problem when you open the following file as application/xml with Firefox 5 and with Firefox 3.x:


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet href="#" type="application/xml"?>
<xsl:stylesheet
  xmlns:xsl = "http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
  xmlns:ht  = "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
  xmlns     = "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
  xmlns:po  = "hoppel"
  exclude-result-prefixes = "ht"
  version   = "1.0"
>

<xsl:output method = "xml"/>
<xsl:template match = "/">
  <html>
    <head>
      <title>Test: Attributnamen</title>
    </head>
    <body>
      <h1
	  class = "whisky"  Class = "Whisky" CLASS = "WHISKY"
	  id = "hoppel" Id = "Hoppel" ID = "HOPPEL"
	  nasenbaer = "nasenbär" Nasenbaer = "Nasenbär"
      >
	Test: Attributnamen
      </h1>
      <xsl:for-each select = "//ht:h1 | //po:h1">
	<div>
	  <h2><xsl:value-of select = "concat ('Element ', name(.))"/></h2>
	  <xsl:for-each select = "@*">
	    <p><xsl:value-of select = "concat ('Attribut ', name(.), ': ', .)"/></p>
	  </xsl:for-each>
	  <p><xsl:value-of select = "concat ('Wert ID: ', @ID)"/></p>
	  <p><xsl:value-of select = "concat ('Wert id: ', @id)"/></p>
	  <xsl:for-each select = "@*[name(.)= 'class']">
	    <p><xsl:value-of select = "concat ('Attribut class: ', name(.), ', ', .)"/></p>
	  </xsl:for-each>
	  <xsl:for-each select = "@*[name(.)= 'CLASS']">
	    <p><xsl:value-of select = "concat ('Attribut CLASS: ', name(.), ', ', .)"/></p>
	  </xsl:for-each>
	</div>
      </xsl:for-each>
    </body>
  </html>
</xsl:template>

<po:h1
    class = "whisky"  Class = "Whisky" CLASS = "WHISKY"
    id = "hoppel" Id = "Hoppel" ID = "HOPPEL"
    nasenbaer = "nasenbär" Nasenbaer = "Nasenbär"
/>

</xsl:stylesheet>
You will see the problem when you open the following file as application/xml with Firefox 5 and with Firefox 3.x: <pre><nowiki><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <?xml-stylesheet href="#" type="application/xml"?> <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl = "http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:ht = "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns = "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:po = "hoppel" exclude-result-prefixes = "ht" version = "1.0" > <xsl:output method = "xml"/> <xsl:template match = "/"> <html> <head> <title>Test: Attributnamen</title> </head> <body> <h1 class = "whisky" Class = "Whisky" CLASS = "WHISKY" id = "hoppel" Id = "Hoppel" ID = "HOPPEL" nasenbaer = "nasenbär" Nasenbaer = "Nasenbär" > Test: Attributnamen </h1> <xsl:for-each select = "//ht:h1 | //po:h1"> <div> <h2><xsl:value-of select = "concat ('Element ', name(.))"/></h2> <xsl:for-each select = "@*"> <p><xsl:value-of select = "concat ('Attribut ', name(.), ': ', .)"/></p> </xsl:for-each> <p><xsl:value-of select = "concat ('Wert ID: ', @ID)"/></p> <p><xsl:value-of select = "concat ('Wert id: ', @id)"/></p> <xsl:for-each select = "@*[name(.)= 'class']"> <p><xsl:value-of select = "concat ('Attribut class: ', name(.), ', ', .)"/></p> </xsl:for-each> <xsl:for-each select = "@*[name(.)= 'CLASS']"> <p><xsl:value-of select = "concat ('Attribut CLASS: ', name(.), ', ', .)"/></p> </xsl:for-each> </div> </xsl:for-each> </body> </html> </xsl:template> <po:h1 class = "whisky" Class = "Whisky" CLASS = "WHISKY" id = "hoppel" Id = "Hoppel" ID = "HOPPEL" nasenbaer = "nasenbär" Nasenbaer = "Nasenbär" /> </xsl:stylesheet></nowiki></pre>

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A good place to ask questions and advice about web development is at the mozillaZine Web Development/Standards Evangelism forum.
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See http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewforum.php?f=25

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I have posted this problem at the mozillaZine Web Development/Standards Evangelism forum. I think it is a FF5 Bug.