It seems you have forgotten to declare the namespace like <root-element xmlns:xlink="http://whatever"> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Dinkar Ganti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Gesendet: Montag, 10. September 2001 23:43 An: 'Cocoon-Users Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: xlink namespace exception Hello, I am trying to generate an SVG page that has an xlink. CocoonServlet exception throws the following exception: <html xmlns:error="http://apache.org/cocoon/error/2.0"> <head> <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>:Error creating the resource</title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff"> <table cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#000000" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2" bgcolor="#0086b2"><font size="+2" face="arial,helvetica,sanserif" color="#ffffff">Error creating the resource</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#0086b2"><font size="+1" face="arial,helvetica,sanserif" color="#ffffff"></font></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><font face="arial,helvetica,sanserif">Failed to execute pipeline.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top" bgcolor="#0086b2"><font size="+1" face="arial,helvetica,sanserif" color="#ffffff">details</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#0086b2"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica,sanserif">from</font></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><font face="arial,helvetica,sanserif"></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#0086b2"><font color="#ffffff" face="arial,helvetica,sanserif">source</font></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><font face="arial,helvetica,sanserif">org.apache.cocoon.ProcessingException</font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#0086b2"><font face="arial,helvetica,sanserif" color="#ffffff">description</font></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><font face="arial,helvetica,sanserif">org.apache.cocoon.ProcessingException: Failed to execute pipeline.:org.apache.cocoon.ProcessingException: Failed to execute pipeline.:org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The namespace prefix "xlink" was not declared.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top" bgcolor="#0086b2"><font size="+1" face="arial,helvetica,sanserif" color="#ffffff">extra info</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#0086b2"><font face="arial,helvetica,sanserif" color="#ffffff"></font></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"> <pre>org.apache.cocoon.ProcessingException: Failed to execute pipeline.:org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The namespace prefix "xlink" was not declared.</pre> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#0086b2"><font face="arial,helvetica,sanserif" color="#ffffff"></font></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff"> <pre>org.apache.cocoon.ProcessingException: Failed to execute pipeline.:org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The namespace prefix "xlink" was not declared. at org.apache.cocoon.components.pipeline.CachingEventPipeline.process(CachingEv entPipeline.java:228) at org.apache.cocoon.components.pipeline.CachingStreamPipeline.process(CachingS treamPipeline.java:344) at org.apache.cocoon.www.sitemap_xmap.process(sitemap_xmap.java:2464) at org.apache.cocoon.www.sitemap_xmap.process(sitemap_xmap.java:1447) at org.apache.cocoon.sitemap.Handler.process(Handler.java:175) at org.apache.cocoon.sitemap.Manager.invoke(Manager.java:94) at org.apache.cocoon.Cocoon.process(Cocoon.java:293) at org.apache.cocoon.servlet.CocoonServlet.service(CocoonServlet.java:471) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853) at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.doService(ServletWrapper.java:405)
 ; at org.apache.tomcat.core.Handler.service(Handler.java:287) at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:372) at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.internalService(ContextManager.java:79 7) at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.service(ContextManager.java:743) at org.apache.tomcat.service.http.HttpConnectionHandler.processConnection(HttpC onnectionHandler.java:213) at org.apache.tomcat.service.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:416) 3; at org.apache.tomcat.util.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:501)&# 13; at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:484) org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The namespace prefix "xlink" was not declared. at org.apache.cocoon.components.parser.JaxpParser.error(JaxpParser.java:141) 3; at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLParser.reportError(XMLParser.java:1186) at org.apache.xerces.validators.common.XMLValidator.validateElementAndAttribute s(XMLValidator.java:3640) at org.apache.xerces.validators.common.XMLValidator.callStartElement(XMLValidat or.java:1155) at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDocumentScanner.scanElement(XMLDocumentScanne r.java:1862) at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDocumentScanner$ContentDispatcher.dispatch(XM LDocumentScanner.java:1238) at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDocumentScanner.parseSome(XMLDocumentScanner. java:381) at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:1035) at org.apache.cocoon.components.parser.JaxpParser.parse(JaxpParser.java:72)
 ; at org.apache.cocoon.generation.FileGenerator.generate(FileGenerator.java:115)& #13; at org.apache.cocoon.components.pipeline.CachingEventPipeline.process(CachingEv entPipeline.java:220) at org.apache.cocoon.components.pipeline.CachingStreamPipeline.process(CachingS treamPipeline.java:344) at org.apache.cocoon.www.sitemap_xmap.process(sitemap_xmap.java:2464) at org.apache.cocoon.www.sitemap_xmap.process(sitemap_xmap.java:1447) at org.apache.cocoon.sitemap.Handler.process(Handler.java:175) at org.apache.cocoon.sitemap.Manager.invoke(Manager.java:94) at org.apache.cocoon.Cocoon.process(Cocoon.java:293) at org.apache.cocoon.servlet.CocoonServlet.service(CocoonServlet.java:471) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853) at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.doService(ServletWrapper.java:405)
 ; at org.apache.tomcat.core.Handler.service(Handler.java:287) at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:372) at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.internalService(ContextManager.java:79 7) at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.service(ContextManager.java:743) at org.apache.tomcat.service.http.HttpConnectionHandler.processConnection(HttpC onnectionHandler.java:213) at org.apache.tomcat.service.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:416) 3; at org.apache.tomcat.util.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:501)&# 13; at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:484) The exception seems to be thrown while validating the XML document. Is there a mechanism to disable "validating" the document? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Dinkar --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check that your question has not already been answered in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faqs.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check that your question has not already been answered in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faqs.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>