XSLT inserting unwanted xmlns=""

[R. Ian Lee]

I've built an XSLT file that transforms data to SpreadsheetML format. The
XSLT uses a <xsl:call-template/to build each worksheet. For some reason,
when I transform the file, it is inserting xmlns="" attributes into my
<Worksheeteleme nts which causes the worksheet not to work with Excel. I'm
using the System.Xml.Xsl. XslTransform class to perform the transform. Here's
a snippet of the XSLT template that is called:

<xsl:template name="CreateWor ksheet"
xmlns:ss="urn:s chemas-microsoft-com:office:spre adsheet"
xmlns:x="urn:sc hemas-microsoft-com:office:exce l">
<xsl:param name="TitleModi fier"/>
<xsl:param name="Participa nts"/>

<Worksheet ss:name="{$Titl eModifier}Membe rs">

and here's the problem that results...

<Worksheet ss:name="Active Members" xmlns="">

Is there a way to tell the transformer not to automatically insert this
empty namespace declaration? My only option that I see right now is to do
some post-processing to strip it out. I'd rather not have to hack it like
that.

Thanks!

Ian