> My input document that could be processed is at the bottom of my
> originial post,

so it is!, sorry...


<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
		version="2.0"
		>
  
  <xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>
  <xsl:output indent="yes"/>
  
  <xsl:template match="*" mode="copy">
    <xsl:copy>
      <xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
      <xsl:apply-templates mode="copy"/>
    </xsl:copy>
  </xsl:template>
  
  <xsl:template match="*[not(self::xform)][name()=/root/*/name()]" mode="copy">
    <xsl:copy-of select="/root/*[name()=name(current())]"/>
  </xsl:template>
  
  
  <xsl:template match="/root">
    <xsl:apply-templates mode="copy" select="xform"/>
  </xsl:template>
  
  
  
</xsl:stylesheet>


$ saxon8 copy.xml copy.xsl
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xform xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
       xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
       xmlns:ev="http://www.w3.org/2001/xml-events"
       xmlns:xforms="http://www.w3.org/2002/xforms">
   <xforms:model ev:event="xforms-revalidate" ev:defaultAction="cancel">
      <xforms:submission id="submit"
                         action="http://localhost:8080/exist/servlet/db/CommunityDirectory/index. xql?action=savepage"
                         method="post"
                         replace="all"/>
      <xforms:instance>
         <page design="event">
            <title/>
            <description/>
            <when>
               <start>2006-11-01T09:00:00.00</start>
               <end>2006-11-01T18:00:00.00</end>
               <occurs>Once</occurs>
            </when>
            <contact>
               <title>Miss</title>
               <firstname>Jo</firstname>
               <lastname>Smith</lastname>
               <telephone>
                  <number type="Office">01404 812345</number>
               </telephone>
            </contact>
            <location>
               <address>The Old Institute</address>
               <address>Yonder Street</address>
               <town>Ottery St Mary</town>
               <county>Devon</county>
               <postcode>EX11 1XX</postcode>
            </location>
            <cost/>
         </page>
      </xforms:instance>
   </xforms:model>
</xform>