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XSLT name() function is evil and should be avoided just like GoTo.

For example, it is very bad to write

<xsl:apply-templates select="*[name()!='a:b']"/>

because it will exclude both of

<a:b/>
<a:b xmlns:a="totallyDifferentNamespace"/>

the correct way to write above apply-templates is

<xsl:apply-templates select="*[not(self::a:b)]"/>

or in XSLT 2.0

<xsl:apply-templates select="* exclude a:b"/>

assuming xmlns:a="someSpecificNamespace"

Test code is attached below.