> What I'm doing is
> 
> select="document('')/*/data:definitions/term[@name = name()]"
> 
The name() of term elements is always "term", so this is equivalent to

  select="document('')/*/data:definitions/term[@name = 'term']"

I suspect, without studying your logic, that you want

  select="document('')/*/data:definitions/term[@name = name(current())]"

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