global variable that contain a node-set

> I want to create a view of my data and hold it in a global variable,
> something like this (which does not work):
> <xsl:variable name="leftnav.imagenodes"
> select="/page/globalnav[@id='leftnav']//navimg"/>
> <!-- note: there is a topnav and rightnav, so those would eventually go
into
> a global "view" variable -->
>
> I don't seem to be gathering any nodes...
>
> The XML looks something like this (snipped out unnecessary tags):
> <page lang="en">
>   <globalnav id="leftnav">
>    <navimg id="joinus" filename="/but_joinus.gif" lang="en"/>
>    <navimg id="joinus" filename="/spanish/but_joinus.gif" lang="es"/>
>    <section>
>       <navimg id="discover" filename="/but_discover_off.gif" lang="en"/>
>       <navimg id="discover" filename="/but_discover_off.gif" lang="es"/>
>    </section>
>   </globalnav>
> </page>
>
> What would the correct XPath expression be if I wanted to hold all the
> navimg's in a variable so I can access by doing something like this from
any
> template:
> <img src="&img_uri;/{$leftnav.imagenodes[@id='joinus'and
> @lang=/page/@lang]}"/>
>
>
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