>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Giroux <Michael.Giroux@xxxxxxxx> writes:

    Michael> The root node for the xml generated by my stylesheet
    Michael> contains several xmlns:??? entries.  The root node is
    Michael> generated as a single line which makes it difficult to
    Michael> view.

    Michael> Is there a processing instruction that tells the
    Michael> processor to emit these on separate lines as is normally
    Michael> the case when one edits manually?

There is no standard way of doing this.
If your XSLT processor provides you with a means of coding new methods
for xsl:output, (effectively, a customized serializer), then you could
create one that did this (possibly optionally, controlled by a custom attribute).
-- 
Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire