Hi Eric, 
A couple of things to try:

XMLNS: in your root <xsl> element try xmlns:ead="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9",
which then means all ead elements in the stylesheet must be preceded with
ead:  e.g.

<xsl:value-of
match="ead:ead/ead:eadheader/ead:filedesc/ead:titlestmt/ead:titleproper"/>

Even attributes. Can be a headwreck until you get the hang of it.

Check <xsl:template match=""> and see if your xsl:value-of is the correct
extension of that
e.g.
<xsl:template match="/"> => <xsl:value-of match="ead/..."/>
Or
<xsl:template match="/ead"> => <xsl:value-of match="eadheader/..."/>


Try adding the root '/' to your value-of xpath if those 2 don't work.

Post EAD/XSLT if still no luck.

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Subject: none of my value-of statements work

I'm pulling my hair out because none of my XSL value-of statements work.

I have an EAD file which validates against the EAD schema:

 http://zoia.library.nd.edu/tmp/stc/stc.xml

It has this root element:

 <ead
 xmlns:ns2          = "http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
 xmlns              = "urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9"
 xmlns:xsi          = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 xsi:schemaLocation = "urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9
http://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd">

I have a style sheet also:

 http://zoia.library.nd.edu/tmp/stc/ead2html.xsl

It has this root element:

 <xsl:stylesheet
 xmlns:xsl = "http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
 xmlns     = "urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9"
 version   = "1.0">

Unfortunately, statements like the following return no content:

 <xsl:value-of select="ead/eadheader/filedesc/titlestmt/titleproper" />

Why?

It works when the EAD is validated against the EAD DTD, as in:

 http://zoia.library.nd.edu/tmp/stc/shu.xml

Ack!

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Eric Lease Morgan
University of Notre Dame