On 11/04/2014 23:35, Larry Evans wrote:

 ><!--How to avoid this hardcoding of xpath-default-namespace?-->
<xsl:template match="html">

the model really is that you _want_ to hardcode the namespace just as
you have hardcoded the local-name "html" they are just two parts of the
same name.

[snip]
Duh.  Your right, that makes perfect sense about needed to hardcode
the name.

-regards,
Larry