> I want to be able to select all the B element which are under the A elements
> referenced by the C element (the A elements for which a C/@aRef attribute
> value, minus the prefix, is equal to the A/@name attribute).

If your current node is a C then don't you just want

select="../A[@name=substring-after(current()/@aRef,':')]/B"

David

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