Re: I need advice on building an XSL stylesheet

I have the following XML code:
...
I am new to XSL and have been playing around with its syntax to modify (add) prefixes,

   <xsl:template match="x">
     <xsl:element name="new:x" namespace="urn:x-new-namespace">
       ....

   <xsl:template match="*">
     <xsl:element name="new:{local-name(.)}" namespace="urn:x-new-namespace">
       ....

trying to design a stylesheet that will transform the above XML code to the following output (note the prefixes added to certain nodes):

   <xsl:template match="a | b | c | d">
     <xsl:element name="new:{local-name(.)}" namespace="urn:x-new-namespace">
       ....

I have not been successful in any attempt to add those prefixes to the XML output, and would like feedback on how to design such a style sheet that will enable me to accomplish my goal. I am using XSL version 1.0.

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