> So, if I walk up the DOM tree from my current node to the root and take 
the 
> union of the namespace nodes at each DOM Node will I have the set of all 

> namespace node?
> 
> Marc

Yes, that's what Xalan-C's implementation of the namespace axis does.  Are 
you still trying to figure out how to get your stylesheet working with 
Xalan-C?

Dave