> I'm trying to add a namespace declaration to an element as I am
> copying it:

You can't. The namespace URI is conceptually part of the element name
and you can't use xsl:copy if you want to change the name.

You need to use

<xsl:element name="local-name()" namespace="kjhgkjgkg">

ie generate a name with the local name from the source, and the
new namespace URI.

David

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