I think the bug is in the part of the code that you've left out.

Is there perhaps a default namespace declaration lurking around?

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/

> 
> I have a XML-file which is not very well structured. My aim 
> is to include different parent elements just for getting a 
> better structure.
> 
> This is the source (in extracts):
> 
> <root>
>      <textabschnitt>
>          <h1> ... </h1>
>          <p> ... </p>
>      </textabschnitt>
> </root>
> 
> I try to include an element <headings> as parent element for 
> every <h1> element and use the following transformation:
> 
> <xsl:template match="h1">
>              <xsl:element name="ep:headings">
>                  <xsl:element name="ep:h1">
>                      <fo:block xsl:use-attribute-sets="h1">
>                          <xsl:value-of select="."/>
>                      </fo:block>
>                  </xsl:element>
>              </xsl:element>
>      </xsl:template>
> 
> Unfortunately nothing happens to my fo-output.
> 
> I would be very thankful for every hint solving my problem.
> 
> Thanks,
> Andreas