> but this one is so strange. 
> the normal <xsl:processing-instruction> tag refuses to work wherever i try 
> to code...

there is an xsl:processing-instruction element in XSLT, but your code
has
<xsl:pi 

which is a syntax error as XSLT doesn't have an element of that name.

David

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