Mick wrote:
    I'm writing a XSLT stylesheet for processing of UML XMI 
    files. Alas, depending on the UML tool, the elements in the 
    XMI file are placed in a different namespace. E.g. Poseidon 
    (www.gentleware.com) uses the namespace-URI xmlns:UML = 
    "org.omg.xmi.namespace.UML", and Rational Rose uses 
    xmlns:UML = "href://org.omg/UML/1.3". However, all of them 
    generate a prefix UML: for their XMI elements.
    
    Now my problem is: how can I define a namespace in my XSLT 
    stylesheet so that I can process all XMI files with the 
    SAME stylesheet ? 

Try 
<xsl:template match="*[local-name()='fred']">

which will match fred in any namespace.


HTH DaveP

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