> Match patterns used in xsl:template are not allowed to contain variable
> references, so a conformant processor should reject this. 

oops, should have spotted that in my reply:-)

Change
<xsl:template match="cat[@id=$id]">

to
<xsl:template match="cat">
<xsl:if test="@id=$id">
....

David


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