> I would like to know how to refer to the xsl parameter whose name is 
> itself given in either another parameter or a node value.  

You can't. XSLT isn't that kind of [reflexive, introspective] language.

Probably instead of passing three parameters called X, Y, and Z, you
need to pass one parameter that's a tree with X, Y, and Z subelements.
Then you can access the elements of the tree using path expressions.

Michael Kay
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