> No, it isn't picked up automatically. The name you give is 
> the name it 
> uses. The problem is, that given namespaces, the name you 
> give may not be 
> the name you want to give, even when it looks right. You need to say
> 
> <xsl:value-of select="$pageNode/ws:title"/>

Brilliant - that did the trick. Thanks.

(one of these days I'll get to grips with namespaces)

Dan


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