The same predicates can be used within select expressions, etc. within a
template but, yes, Michael's pre-processing suggestion is by far the simplest
option.

Sheila

On 12 May 2026 11:44:28 BST, "Leo Studer leo.studer@xxxxxxxxxxx"
<xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Thanks Sheila
>
>The problem is the xpath in the templatesb& as Michael mentioned,
preprocessing makes more sense, especially when other tweaks change with the
new versionb&
>
>Cheers,
>L E O
>
>> On 12 May 2026, at 10:27, Sheila Thomson coder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> You could match on element local-name instead of the full prefixed name,
eg.
>>
>> <template match="*:my-element" />
>>
>> or, if you need to check the namespace as well:
>> <template match="*[namespace-uri() =
('urn:iso:std:iso:20022:tech:xsd:camt.054.001.04',
'urn:iso:std:iso:20022:tech:xsd:camt.054.001.08')][local-name() =
'my-element']" />
>>
>> Sheila
>>
>>
>> On 12 May 2026 01:16:11 BST, "Leo Studer leo.studer@xxxxxxxxxxx"
<xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> The bank renewed the camt54 standard.
>>>
>>> In my stylesheet I need to access old and new bank statements
simultaneously.
>>>
>>> With
xpath-default-namespace="urn:iso:std:iso:20022:tech:xsd:camt.054.001.04b my
stylesheet works for the old documents and
>>> with
xpath-default-namespace="urn:iso:std:iso:20022:tech:xsd:camt.054.001.08b it
does the job for the new documents.
>>>
>>> Is there an easy way to use either of the two namespaces so that my
stylesheet works for old and new bank statements?
>>>
>>> Thanks for caring!
>>>
>>> Yours, L E O
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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