so they aren't in the original tree and it seems that the
  <xsl:template match="MenuData"> doesn't match then.

  Or should they being matched?


They will match (assumning the elements do have name MenuData in
no-namespace) but like any template, the template will only be executed
if templates are applied to the matching nodes with
xsl:apply-templates. If you use xsl:copy-of (for example) then what you
get is a copy and no templates will have any effect.

David

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