FileMaker XML and XSLT Namespaces

FileMakers XML and XSLT publishing technologies use a number of XML namespaces. Each of the four XML grammars has its own namespace. In addition, a number of the XSLT features of Custom Web Publishing have their own namespaces as well. You generally only need to concern yourself with namespaces if you are writing XSLT stylesheets that transform FileMaker XML data.

Table 15.1 lists each namespace, along with its significance, and the conventional namespace prefix used to abbreviate it. The prefix is "conventional" in the sense that, in creating a stylesheet, you may choose any prefix you want for a namespace, but the ones listed below are those used by FileMaker, Inc., in the official documentation.

Table 15.1. Namespace Usage and Prefixes

Usage	Namespace	Prefix
FMPXMLRESULT grammar	http://www.filemaker.com/fmpxmlresult	fmp
FMPDSORESULT grammar	http://www.filemaker.com/fmpdsoresult	[(*)]
fmresultset grammar	http://www.filemaker.com/xml/fmresultset	fmrs
FMPXMLLAYOUT grammar	http://www.filemaker.com/fmpxmllayout	fml
Request query grammar	http://www.filemaker.com/xml/query	fmq
FileMaker XSLT extension functions	xalan://com.fmi.xslt.ExtensionFunctions	fmxslt

^[(*)] Since the FMPDSORESULT grammar is deprecated, FileMaker makes no recommendation for a default prefix.