Not able to transform xml because of xmlns [duplicate] - xslt

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The below xml is not transforming because of xmlns, I tried without xmlns, it working as expected. but i am receiving input with xmlns. Please suggest how can i overcome it.
Requirement: To retrieve productBenefitHeaders from the xml.
XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<productData xmlns="http://www.example.org/consolidated">
<productResponse>
<product>
<status>
<isError>false</isError>
</status>
<productBenefit>
<productBenefitCategory>CARDs</productBenefitCategory>
<productBenefitId>12AA</productBenefitId>
<productBenefitHeader>Philips</productBenefitHeader>
</productBenefit>
<productBenefit>
<productBenefitCategory>CARDs</productBenefitCategory>
<productBenefitId>12AB</productBenefitId>
<productBenefitHeader>Samsung</productBenefitHeader>
</productBenefit>
</product>
</productResponse>
<productData>
XSLT:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="html" indent="yes" encoding="UTF-8" omit-xml-declaration="no"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:for-each select="productData/productResponse/product/productBenefit">
<xsl:value-of select="productBenefitHeader"/>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Answer 1

The elements in the source xml are in the namespace http://www.example.org/consolidated. While you are searching for elements without specifying the namespace.
To search with the namespace you need to add the namespace in the stylesheet tag and set a prefix for it, in this case I used 'pref'.
xmlns:pref="http://www.example.org/consolidated"
Now you can use the prefix in your xsl while specifying the elements you are looking for. This is your xsl but with the prefix added.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:pref="http://www.example.org/consolidated">
<xsl:output method="html" indent="yes" encoding="UTF-8" omit-xml-declaration="no"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:for-each select="pref:productData/pref:productResponse/pref:product/pref:productBenefit">
<xsl:value-of select="pref:productBenefitHeader"/>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Also, make sure your end tag is correct. Currently the last tag in your example xml is not a closing tag.