>         <xsl:copy-of select="//Element[@name='@name']"/> <!-- 

> this line doesn't work - why?-->

This will copy all elements of the form <Element name="@name">, but there
are none such in your document.

Unfortunately you haven't really explained what criterion you want to use to
decide which elements to copy, it can't really be induced from your example.

Mike Kay


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