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-One approach is to extend your serializer component and override the startPrefixMapping and endPrefixMapping methods to do nothing. This will remove <b>all</b> namespaces from the serialized output. Since your serializer will no longer be processing namespaces, this theoretically will improve performance ever so slightly. You could generalize this approach by using the serializer's configuration method to declare namespaces to be excluded.
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+ What is a serializer?
+ </a></font>
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+ What is the easiest way to generate XHTML output?
+ </a></font>
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+How can I remove the DTD declaration at the top of my HTML
+pages created from pipelines with the default (HTML) serializer?
+ </a></font>
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+How can I remove namespaces from my xml files?
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+<!--anchor--></a><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans serif" size="+1" color="#0086b2"><b>
+ What is a serializer?
+ </b></font>
+
+
+
+
+<p>
+<font color="black" face="verdana,helvetica,sanserif">
+A serializer is the end point of an xml pipeline. It transforms SAX events into binary or char streams for final client consumption. Every pipeline match containing a generator must be terminated by a serializer.
+ </font>
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<font color="black" face="verdana,helvetica,sanserif">
+In the sitemap file, each serializer has a unique name which is mapped to a java class. One serializer name must be declared as the default serializer. Each serializer may have additional configuration information specified in child elements.
+ </font>
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<font color="black" face="verdana,helvetica,sanserif">
+ For more conceptual information about serializers see <a href="../userdocs/concepts/sitemap.html">the sitemap</a>. For detailed descriptions about all of the available Cocoon serializers, see the user's guide document <a href="../userdocs/serializers/serializers.html">Serializers in Cocoon</a>. You may also wish to consult the Cocoon API documentation.
+ </font>
+</p>
+
+
+<a name="faq-2">
+<!--anchor--></a><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans serif" size="+1" color="#0086b2"><b>
+ What is the easiest way to generate XHTML output?
+ </b></font>
+
+
+
+
+<p>
+<font color="black" face="verdana,helvetica,sanserif">
+I have an stylesheet which transforms XML to XHTML, but it seems that the
+serializer converts it to HTML. For example, I have some <br/> elements which are converted to <br> elements. What can I do?
+ </font>
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<font color="black" face="verdana,helvetica,sanserif">
+Cocoon has serializer configured for XHTML. First, make sure to declare it in
+your sitemap's component section (within map:serializers).
+ </font>
+</p>
+
+<div align="center">
+<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4">
+<tr>
+<td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#0086b2"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#0086b2"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#0086b2"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="images/void.gif"></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td width="1" bgcolor="#0086b2"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="images/void.gif"></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff">
+<pre>
+<map:serializer name="xhtml" mime-type="text/html"
+ logger="sitemap.serializer.xhtml"
+ src="org.apache.cocoon.serialization.XMLSerializer"
+ pool-max="64" pool-min="2" pool-grow="2">
+ <doctype-public>-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN</doctype-public>
+ <doctype-system>http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd</doctype-system>
+ <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+</map:serializer>
+</pre>
+</td><td width="1" bgcolor="#0086b2"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="images/void.gif"></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#0086b2"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#0086b2"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#0086b2"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="images/void.gif"></td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+
+<p>
+<font color="black" face="verdana,helvetica,sanserif">
+Then, in any pipeline, simply use the serializer as follows.
+ </font>
+</p>
+
+
+<div align="center">
+<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4">
+<tr>
+<td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#0086b2"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#0086b2"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#0086b2"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="images/void.gif"></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td width="1" bgcolor="#0086b2"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="images/void.gif"></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff">
+<pre>
+<map:serialize type="xhtml" />
+</pre>
+</td><td width="1" bgcolor="#0086b2"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="images/void.gif"></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#0086b2"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#0086b2"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#0086b2"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="images/void.gif"></td>
+</tr>
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+</div>
+
+
+
+
+<a name="faq-3">
+<!--anchor--></a><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans serif" size="+1" color="#0086b2"><b>
+How can I remove the DTD declaration at the top of my HTML
+pages created from pipelines with the default (HTML) serializer?
+ </b></font>
+
+
+
+
+<p>
+<font color="black" face="verdana,helvetica,sanserif">
+Within the map:components section of sitemap.xmap, adjust the configuration of your HTML serializer component as follows.
+ </font>
+</p>
+
+<div align="center">
+<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4">
+<tr>
+<td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#0086b2"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#0086b2"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#0086b2"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="images/void.gif"></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td width="1" bgcolor="#0086b2"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="images/void.gif"></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff">
+<pre>
+<map:serializers default="html">
+
+ <map:serializer name="html" mime-type="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
+ src="org.apache.cocoon.serialization.HTMLSerializer">
+ <encoding>ISO-8859-1</encoding>
+ <omit-xml-declaration>true</omit-xml-declaration>
+ </map:serializer>
+
+ <!-- other serializers -->
+
+</map:serializers>
+</pre>
+</td><td width="1" bgcolor="#0086b2"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="images/void.gif"></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#0086b2"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#0086b2"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#0086b2"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="images/void.gif"></td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+
+<p>
+<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" width="100%">
+<tr>
+<td valign="top" width="28"><img alt="Note" border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="29" width="28" src="images/note.gif"></td><td valign="top"><font color="black" face="verdana,helvetica,sanserif" size="-1"><i>
+Consider using the XMLSerializer in your pipeline. The XMLSerializer will not write a DocType Declaration.
+ </i></font></td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</p>
+
+
+
+
+<a name="faq-4">
+<!--anchor--></a><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans serif" size="+1" color="#0086b2"><b>
+How can I remove namespaces from my xml files?
+ </b></font>
+
+
+
+
+<p>
+<font color="black" face="verdana,helvetica,sanserif">
+Sometimes adding xsl:exclude-result-prefixes attributes
+to the <xsl:stylesheet> or literal result element is not effective
+in removing all namespace declarations. For example, namespace nodes copied
+from the source document within <xsl:copy> or <xsl:copy-of> instructions
+(commonly found in catch-all stylesheet templates) will not be excluded.
+ </font>
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<font color="black" face="verdana,helvetica,sanserif">
+There are two approaches to this problem.
+ </font>
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<font color="black" face="verdana,helvetica,sanserif">
+One approach is to extend your serializer component and override the startPrefixMapping and endPrefixMapping methods to do nothing. This will remove <b>all</b> namespaces from the serialized output. Since your serializer will no longer be processing namespaces, this theoretically will improve performance ever so slightly. You could generalize this approach by using the serializer's configuration method to declare namespaces to be excluded.
+ </font>
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<font color="black" face="verdana,helvetica,sanserif">
+Another approach is to use an interim transformation step in your pipeline with a stylesheet described <a href="faq-xslt.html#faq-5">here</a>.
+ </font>
+</p>
+
+
+
+
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