>>>>> "Clinton" == White, Clinton <whitec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

    Clinton> I work with XBRL instance documents and frequently find
    Clinton> the following default namespace:
    Clinton> xmlns="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance"

    Clinton> I have been removing it for processing with
    Clinton> XSLT/XPath/XQuery

    Clinton> Can anyone suggest another solution?

How about not removing it?

You have the xpath-default-namespace in XSLT 2.0 if you need it.
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Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire