David,

> xalan does support document() so something else must be wrong.

Hmm... 8-o

>Are you sure your server serves a well formed XML document of the
>correct mime type given that request.


Yes my experiment with  the static file shows that there could not be the
error.
But I'm wondering about your hint that's the mime type is important. Let me
check this.
So long.
Thank you,
Stefan



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