] <xsl:apply-templates select="*[name() != 'element3']" />

incidentally does anyone know if using name() is more or less efficient
than using self:: as in

<xsl:apply-templates select="*[not(self::element3)]" />

I used to use name() I seem to have switched to using self::, but I am
not sure I remember why.

David


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