Hello and thank you all for your inputs.

I finally went with preprocessing the old documents b essentially converting
them into a variable to the new standard b and tweaking the templates for
the new standardb&

Enjoy spring time

Cheers,
L E O



> On 12 May 2026, at 15:38, Wendell Piez wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Has anyone mentioned shadow attributes?
>
> As it happens the XSLT 3.0 spec gives this as an example use case for shadow
attributes https://www.w3.org/TR/xslt-30/#shadow-attributes.
>
> _xpath-default-namespace="{ $set-a-namespace }"
>
> Like other solutions, that perhaps eases the problem without solving it.
>
> I would probably use the approach Mike Kay recommends, a pipeline in which
an XSLT could perform whatever adjustments are called for. (Since there may
also be others.)
>
> Good luck, Wendell
>
> On Mon, May 11, 2026 at 8:16b/PM Leo Studer leo.studer@xxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:leo.studer@xxxxxxxxxxx> <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto: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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