> <xsl:element name="{preceding-sibling::foo[position()=1]/@type}" />
> 
> isn't that supposed to create a 'foo' element which has the 
> name of the
> 'type' attribute of the previous 'foo' element ?

No, it's supposed to create an element which has the 
name of the 'type' attribute of the previous 'foo' element. 

> It doesn't work and I took from the W3C site...

Perhaps a context problem?

Mike Kay
Software AG

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