> Thanks.  I want to use a named template to avoid putting certain XPath
> statements in multiple locations.  Maybe there is a better way.
> 

Yes use a variable with select. (almost as I showed, but with an extra
/* as shown by Dimitre.

> Since I don't think there is a pure XSL solution I have been trying with
> node-set, but that's not working for me either. 

if you use a select attribute then you get a node set, if you do not
then you generate a result tree fragment and a) have to use an extension
function to generate a node set and b) it's _much_ more expensive as all
the nodes have to be copied which is an expensive operation.

David


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