change
<xsl:variable name="univ-var">
<University-List>
<University id = "1"> University1</University>
<University id = "2"> University2</University>
<University id = "3"> University3</University>
<University id = "4"> University4</University>
</University-List >
</xsl:variable>
to
<xsl:variable name="univ-var-temp">
<University-List>
<University id = "1"> University1</University>
<University id = "2"> University2</University>
<University id = "3"> University3</University>
<University id = "4"> University4</University>
</University-List >
</xsl:variable>
<xsl:variable name="univ-var"
select="document('')/*/xsl:variable[(_at_)name="'univ-var-temp']/University-List"/>
used as in
<xsl:for-each select="$univ-var/University">
...
If there is a default namespace in your stylesheet University-List won't
match that element and you'll need to adjust the xpath accordingly.
David
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