> 
> first XSLT
> ....
> <xsl:element name="<!--">
>     <xsl:text> any text comment </xsl:text>
> </xsl:element>
> ....

The imagination of subscribers to this list knows no bounds.

  <!-- thing -->

is not an element named "<!--", it is a comment. So you don't create it
by writing

  <xsl:element name="<!--">

you create it by writing

  <xsl:comment>

Michael Kay


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