Tom,

> However, I'm currently using your updated stylesheet on a 800 node test
> file.  At the moment it's performed about 10% in 12 mins.

Seems I have to think about performance ...
If you look at the algorithm, it is really unefficient.
The test if a node has an equivalent partner in the other node set
will be done in every pass.

> Although I'm not looking for something super-fast, 2+ hours is a bit too
> long. I'm resigned to thinking that a solution that uses a priori knowledge
> about the format of the XML is my only way forward.

Perhaps. But I'm sure there is definitely a way to optimize my stylesheet,
without knowledge about the input XML.
Stay tuned! ;-)

Cheers,
Oliver


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