Think of a mode (or name) of a template in xslt like te name of a
function in C or most other compiled languages, the names need to be
known at compile time.
Since your stylesheet has a fixed (usually small) set of modes
your top level template can have a simple
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="mode"='a'"><xsl:apply-templates mode="a"/></xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="mode"='b'"><xsl:apply-templates mode="b"/></xsl:when>
...
David
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