Hi Roger,
  I found the solutions presented below, to work.

On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 10:09 PM, Costello, Roger L. <costello@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Into this:
>
> B  B <bk:book xmlns:bk="http://www.book.org">
> B  B  B  B <bk:title>The Origin of Wealth</bk:title>
> B  B  B  B <bk:author>Eric D. Beinhocker</bk:author>
> B  B  B  B <bk:date>2006</bk:date>
> B  B  B  B <bk:ISBN>1-57851-777-X</bk:ISBN>
> B  B  B  B <bk:publisher>Harvard Business School Press</bk:publisher>
> B  B  B  B <bk:cost currency="USD">29.95</bk:cost>
> B  B </bk:book>

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
                       xmlns:bk="http://www.book.org"
                       version="1.0">

   <xsl:output method="xml" />

   <xsl:template match="node() | @*">
     <xsl:copy>
       <xsl:apply-templates select="node() | @*" />
     </xsl:copy>
   </xsl:template>

   <xsl:template match="/">
     <xsl:element name="bk:{local-name(*)}" xmlns:bk="http://www.book.org">
       <xsl:copy-of select="*/@*" />
       <xsl:apply-templates select="*/node()" />
     </xsl:element>
   </xsl:template>

   <xsl:template match="*">
     <xsl:element name="bk:{local-name()}">
       <xsl:copy-of select="@*" />
       <xsl:apply-templates />
     </xsl:element>
   </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

> Or this:
>
> B  B <book xmlns="http://www.book.org">
> B  B  B  B <title>The Origin of Wealth</title>
> B  B  B  B <author>Eric D. Beinhocker</author>
> B  B  B  B <date>2006</date>
> B  B  B  B <ISBN>1-57851-777-X</ISBN>
> B  B  B  B <publisher>Harvard Business School Press</publisher>
> B  B  B  B <cost currency="USD">29.95</cost>
> B  B </book>

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
                       xmlns="http://www.book.org"
                       exclude-result-prefixes=""
                       version="1.0">

   <xsl:output method="xml" />

   <xsl:template match="node() | @*">
     <xsl:copy>
       <xsl:apply-templates select="node() | @*" />
     </xsl:copy>
   </xsl:template>

   <xsl:template match="/">
     <xsl:element name="{local-name(*)}" xmlns="http://www.book.org">
       <xsl:copy-of select="*/@*" />
       <xsl:apply-templates select="*/node()" />
     </xsl:element>
   </xsl:template>

   <xsl:template match="*">
     <xsl:element name="{local-name()}">
       <xsl:copy-of select="@*" />
       <xsl:apply-templates />
     </xsl:element>
   </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>


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Regards,
Mukul Gandhi