RE: statically known namespaces

> (Now, were I to have to remember and get it wrong, a really 
> friendly processor would tell me not only that no stylesheet 
> was available, but also what namespace it was looking for.)

Like Saxon, you mean:

Error at xsl:stylesheet on line 5 of file:/c:/temp/test.xsl:
  XTSE0165: Namespace for stylesheet element should be
http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform
Failed to compile stylesheet. 1 error detected.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/