RE: [xsl] Working with QNames in strings in XSLT 2.0

["Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If your code is schema-aware and the mode attribute is defined in the schema
as being of type QName, then you don't need to do anything: atomizing the
attribute automatically gives you a QName, so you can write

<xsl:template match="foo[@mode=QName('a:blip')]"
xmlns:a="urn:item-namespace-1.0">

If it's not schema-aware, then you need to convert the value to a QName,
which you can do using

<xsl:template match="foo[resolve-QName(@mode,.)=xs:QName('z:blip')]"
xmlns:z="urn:item-namespace-1.0"> 

> My best guess (which doesn't work) is:
> 
> <xsl:template match="foo[resolve-QName(@mode,.) = 
> QName('urn:item-namespace-1.0','blip')]">

I can't see anything obviously wrong with this.

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