>  > Why are you using <xsl:element name="{name()}"> rather 
> than <xsl:copy>?
> 
> I have to manipulate the text content of these nodes (for the ones,
> that have "[]" around themselves, I use a separate lookup table,
> replacing the actual [value] by the one I found).
> 

I don't understand the detail of what you want to do, but

<xsl:copy>
  ... some instructions here ...
</xsl:copy>

is more-or-less equivalent to:

<xsl:element name="{name()}">
  ... some instructions here ...
</xsl:element>

The only differences are in the way that namespaces are handled, which
probably won't affect you.

Michael Kay
Software AG
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