diff --git a/lib/isodoc/ieee/ieee.amendment.xsl b/lib/isodoc/ieee/ieee.amendment.xsl
index bcdfa25..3c62fb6 100644
--- a/lib/isodoc/ieee/ieee.amendment.xsl
+++ b/lib/isodoc/ieee/ieee.amendment.xsl
@@ -11553,8 +11553,11 @@
 	</xsl:template>
 
 	<xsl:template xmlns:redirect="http://xml.apache.org/xalan/redirect" match="*[local-name() = 'strong']" mode="contents_item">
+		<xsl:param name="element"/>
 		<xsl:copy>
-			<xsl:apply-templates mode="contents_item"/>
+			<xsl:apply-templates mode="contents_item">
+				<xsl:with-param name="element" select="$element"/>
+			</xsl:apply-templates>
 		</xsl:copy>
 	</xsl:template>
 
@@ -11621,7 +11624,10 @@
 
 	<!-- Note: to enable the addition of character span markup with semantic styling for DIS Word output -->
 	<xsl:template xmlns:redirect="http://xml.apache.org/xalan/redirect" match="*[local-name() = 'span']" mode="contents_item">
-		<xsl:apply-templates mode="contents_item"/>
+		<xsl:param name="element"/>
+		<xsl:apply-templates mode="contents_item">
+			<xsl:with-param name="element" select="$element"/>
+		</xsl:apply-templates>
 	</xsl:template>
 
 	<!-- =============== -->
diff --git a/lib/isodoc/ieee/ieee.standard.xsl b/lib/isodoc/ieee/ieee.standard.xsl
index bcdfa25..3c62fb6 100644
--- a/lib/isodoc/ieee/ieee.standard.xsl
+++ b/lib/isodoc/ieee/ieee.standard.xsl
@@ -11553,8 +11553,11 @@
 	</xsl:template>
 
 	<xsl:template xmlns:redirect="http://xml.apache.org/xalan/redirect" match="*[local-name() = 'strong']" mode="contents_item">
+		<xsl:param name="element"/>
 		<xsl:copy>
-			<xsl:apply-templates mode="contents_item"/>
+			<xsl:apply-templates mode="contents_item">
+				<xsl:with-param name="element" select="$element"/>
+			</xsl:apply-templates>
 		</xsl:copy>
 	</xsl:template>
 
@@ -11621,7 +11624,10 @@
 
 	<!-- Note: to enable the addition of character span markup with semantic styling for DIS Word output -->
 	<xsl:template xmlns:redirect="http://xml.apache.org/xalan/redirect" match="*[local-name() = 'span']" mode="contents_item">
-		<xsl:apply-templates mode="contents_item"/>
+		<xsl:param name="element"/>
+		<xsl:apply-templates mode="contents_item">
+			<xsl:with-param name="element" select="$element"/>
+		</xsl:apply-templates>
 	</xsl:template>
 
 	<!-- =============== -->