> > <xsl:apply-templates select="[all but element3]" />
> > ...
> 
> <xsl:apply-templates select="*[name() != 'element3']" />
> 
Generally speaking, it's best to avoid testing the result of the name()
function, because two XML documents that are equivalent except for their
choice of namespace prefixes will give different answers. Using
"not(self::element3)" is safer.

Mike Kay


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