Hi,

> How do I get the value of the "test" attrib (contains a value 
> qualified
> in myprefix associated namespace) within this fragment without the
> prefix? (not using string manipulation, but proper Xpath).
> 
> <el test="myprefix:val" />

String manipulation is not part of "proper XPath"? Hmh. Anyhow,

  substring-before(el/@test, ':')

Cheers,

Santtu & Jarno

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