diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 14369f31..65e84eab 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -454,8 +454,14 @@
         <CHECK.publishable i="${xml.dir}/${md.prod.unsigned}"/>
 		
 		<!-- [27] -->
-		<XALAN.xmldir x="uk_master_test.xsl" i="${uk.master.file}"
-			o="${md.test.unsigned}" />
+		<XALAN
+			x="${build.dir}/uk_master_test.xsl"
+			i="${xml.dir}/${uk.master.file}"
+			o="${temp.xml}" />
+		<XALAN
+	        x="${build.dir}/ns_norm_uk.xsl"
+		    i="${temp.xml}"
+		    o="${xml.dir}/${md.test.unsigned}"/>
 		<MDNORM i="${md.test.unsigned}"/>
         <CHECK.publishable i="${xml.dir}/${md.test.unsigned}"/>
 		
diff --git a/build/ns_norm_uk.xsl b/build/ns_norm_uk.xsl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..744b4bbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/ns_norm_uk.xsl
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+	ns_norm_fragment.xsl
+	
+	Normalise the namespaces in a metadata file for publication to UK federation members.
+	
+	The main constraint on the output of this transform is that it should minimise the size
+	of the output file while not having "too many" namespace prefix definitions in scope
+	at any point in the document.  "Too many" is more than about ten, as a result of a bug
+	in the metadatatool application used by Shibboleth 1.3 IdPs to download and verify
+	metadata.
+	
+	The strategy is to define the most commonly-used prefixes in the document element.
+	
+	Prefixes which are less often used, but which may be used by container elements
+	(e.g., mdui:) or for attributes are normalised to use a prefix, but not declared
+	on the document element.
+	
+	Prefixes which are less often used and are only used for non-containers can be
+	normalised to non-prefix use (i.e., to redefine the default namespace) if required
+	to cut the numbers down.
+	
+	Author: Ian A. Young <ian@iay.org.uk>
+
+-->
+<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
+	xmlns:alg="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:metadata:algsupport"
+	xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"
+	xmlns:elab="http://eduserv.org.uk/labels"
+	xmlns:idpdisc="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:profiles:SSO:idp-discovery-protocol"
+	xmlns:init="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:profiles:SSO:request-init"
+	xmlns:md="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:metadata"
+	xmlns:mdattr="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:metadata:attribute"
+	xmlns:mdrpi="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:metadata:rpi"
+	xmlns:mdui="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:metadata:ui"
+	xmlns:saml="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:assertion"
+	xmlns:shibmd="urn:mace:shibboleth:metadata:1.0"
+	xmlns:ukfedlabel="http://ukfederation.org.uk/2006/11/label"
+	xmlns:wayf="http://sdss.ac.uk/2006/06/WAYF"
+	
+	exclude-result-prefixes="alg md mdattr mdrpi saml"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
+	xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:metadata">
+
+
+	<!--
+		Import templates for basic normalisation.
+	-->
+	<xsl:import href="ns_norm.xsl"/>
+	
+
+	<!--
+		Force UTF-8 encoding for the output.
+	-->
+	<xsl:output omit-xml-declaration="no" method="xml" encoding="UTF-8"/>
+	
+
+	<!--
+		*******************************************
+		***                                     ***
+		***   D O C U M E N T   E L E M E N T   ***
+		***                                     ***
+		*******************************************
+	-->
+	
+	
+	<!--
+		We need to handle the document element specially in order to arrange
+		for all appropriate namespace prefix definitions to appear on it.
+		
+		There are only two possible document elements in SAML metadata.
+	-->
+	
+	
+	<!--
+		Document element is <EntityDescriptor>.
+	-->
+	<xsl:template match="/md:EntityDescriptor">
+		<EntityDescriptor>
+			<xsl:apply-templates select="node()|@*"/>
+		</EntityDescriptor>
+	</xsl:template>
+	
+	<!--
+		Document element is <EntitiesDescriptor>.
+	-->
+	<xsl:template match="/md:EntitiesDescriptor">
+		<EntitiesDescriptor>
+			<xsl:apply-templates select="node()|@*"/>
+		</EntitiesDescriptor>
+	</xsl:template>
+	
+	
+	<!--
+		*************************************
+		***                               ***
+		***   A L G   N A M E S P A C E   ***
+		***                               ***
+		*************************************
+	-->
+	
+	
+	<!--
+		alg:*
+		
+		Normalise namespace to not use a prefix.
+	-->
+	<xsl:template match="alg:*">
+		<xsl:element name="{local-name()}" namespace="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:metadata:algsupport">
+			<xsl:apply-templates select="node()|@*"/>
+		</xsl:element>
+	</xsl:template>
+	
+	
+</xsl:stylesheet>
diff --git a/build/uk_master_test.xsl b/build/uk_master_test.xsl
index 62be73ec..4cea8279 100644
--- a/build/uk_master_test.xsl
+++ b/build/uk_master_test.xsl
@@ -155,21 +155,15 @@
 	
 	
 	<!--
-		Normalise and pass through certain ukfedlabel namespace elements.
+		Pass through certain ukfedlabel namespace elements.
 	-->
 	
-	<xsl:template match="ukfedlabel:UKFederationMember">
-		<xsl:element name="ukfedlabel:UKFederationMember">
+	<xsl:template match="ukfedlabel:UKFederationMember | ukfedlabel:AccountableUsers">
+		<xsl:copy>
 			<xsl:apply-templates select="node()|@*"/>
-		</xsl:element>
+		</xsl:copy>
 	</xsl:template>
 
-	<xsl:template match="ukfedlabel:AccountableUsers">
-		<xsl:element name="ukfedlabel:AccountableUsers">
-			<xsl:apply-templates select="node()|@*"/>
-		</xsl:element>
-	</xsl:template>
-	
 	<!--
 		Strip all other ukfedlabel namespace elements entirely.
 	-->
@@ -177,42 +171,6 @@
 		<!-- do nothing -->
 	</xsl:template>
 	
-	<!--
-		Normalise namespace on IdP discovery elements.
-	-->
-	
-	<xsl:template match="idpdisc:DiscoveryResponse">
-		<idpdisc:DiscoveryResponse>
-			<xsl:apply-templates select="node()|@*"/>
-		</idpdisc:DiscoveryResponse>
-	</xsl:template>
-	
-	<!--
-		Normalise namespace on Athens PUID elements.
-	-->
-	
-	<xsl:template match="elab:AthensPUIDAuthority">
-		<elab:AthensPUIDAuthority>
-			<xsl:apply-templates select="node()|@*"/>
-		</elab:AthensPUIDAuthority>
-	</xsl:template>
-	
-	<!--
-		Normalise namespace on Shibboleth metadata elements.
-	-->
-	
-	<xsl:template match="shibmd:Scope">
-		<shibmd:Scope>
-			<xsl:apply-templates select="node()|@*"/>
-		</shibmd:Scope>
-	</xsl:template>
-	
-	<xsl:template match="shibmd:KeyAuthority">
-		<shibmd:KeyAuthority>
-			<xsl:apply-templates select="node()|@*"/>
-		</shibmd:KeyAuthority>
-	</xsl:template>
-	
 	<!--
 		Remove administrative contacts.
 	-->