Error loading stylesheet: Parsing an XSLT stylesheet failed

Question

This is my xml file:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="hello.xsl"?>
<message>
    <greeting>Hello World!</greeting>
</message>

And this is my xsl file:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/xsl/Transform">
<xsl:template match="/">
<html>
<body>
<h1><xsl:value-of select="message/greeting"/></h1>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

When I run the xml file in firefox it gives "Error loading stylesheet: Parsing an XSLT stylesheet failed." error. I am new to xml please can anyone tell me what is the error. And can you tell me a way to find the error. Thanks!

Why in blazes was this downvoted twice? It's an honest question and an easy mistake to make. URLs and case-sensitivity are common sources of confusion with regard to namespaces. — G_H
@G_H: Absolutely agree -- I just upvoted this question to counter the downvotes. Do the same and we bring it back to 0. — Dimitre Novatchev
Done. There might be nearly identical questions, but you would only notice that once you know the actual problem. I sure wouldn't have seen it just by looking at the stylesheet. — G_H

Dimitre Novatchev Dimitre Novatchev · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-18T12:18:23

You have specified a wrong namespace for XSL:

xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/xsl/Transform"

Instead, you must use:

xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"

Remember that XML is case-sensitive.

Error loading stylesheet: Parsing an XSLT stylesheet failed

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