Steve

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<document xmlns="my:coolNamespace"
          xmlns:dork="my:geekyNamespace">
  <note>This is totally cool.</note>
  <dork:note>Oops, I'm not cool.</dork:note>
  <lanparty xmlns="my:geekyNamespace"
            xmlns:dork="my:coolNamespace">
    <note>Awesome, now I'm kind of cool.</note>
    <dork:note>Yeah I'm no good at these games.</dork:note>
  </lanparty>
</document>




<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
                xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
                xmlns:cool="my:coolNamespace"
                xmlns:geek="my:geekyNamespace">
  <xsl:output method="text"/>

  <xsl:template match="/">
Cool person says:
<xsl:apply-templates select="//cool:note"/>
Geeky person says:
<xsl:apply-templates select="//geek:note"/>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="*[local-name() = 'note']">
    <xsl:value-of select="."/><xsl:text>&#xa;</xsl:text>
  </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>