You don't 'need' to include the namespace declaration at the article element for the document to be a valid XML document, and indeed most XSLT processors will not give you this level of 'control' because you are trying to fit a round peg into a square hole.

So what we have shown you how to produce is valid XML and will work fine.

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Think before you post: What have you tried?

Thanks for your valuable comments I'd be back to client with this.

Once again thanks to both of you for taking the interest in issue.
Mohan