RE: how to process a element named <rule:something>

>  Does 
> 
> "http:www.somthing.com/rule"
> 
> have any significance.

It's just part of the element name so you must have the same name as in
the source document (you don't have to have the same prefix rule:
that can be anything, XSLT just compares the URIs, not the prefix)

It doesn't mater what (if anything) is at that URI, XSLT won't access
it, just compare the string in the stylesheet with the one in the source.
just as it does for the local part of the element name.

David

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