Another newbie problem...

Can anyone help me with this?  I would very much appreciate it.
It's probably some stupid problem that I don't know enough to understand.

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
	xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/strict">

	<xsl:template match="itemListInfo">
		<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" class="listTable">
			<tr><xsl:apply-templates select="headerInfo/headerList/header" /></tr>
			<xsl:apply-templates select="itemList/item" />
		</table>
	</xsl:template>

	<xsl:template match="header">
		<td class="listHeader">
			<xsl:if test="ancestor::headerInfo/sortBy = name">
				<xsl:choose>
					<xsl:when test="ancestor::headerInfo/sortOrder = 'ascending'">
						<img src="{$urlImagePath}/pointer_down.gif" />
					</xsl:when>
					<xsl:otherwise>
						<img src="{$urlImagePath}/pointer_up.gif" />
					</xsl:otherwise>
				</xsl:choose>
			</xsl:if>
			<xsl:choose>
				<xsl:when test="@sort = 'true'">
					<a href="javascript:void(0)"><xsl:value-of select="title" /></a>
				</xsl:when>
				<xsl:otherwise>
					<xsl:value-of select="title" />
				</xsl:otherwise>
			</xsl:choose>
		</td>
	</xsl:template>

	<xsl:template match="item">
		<xsl:variable name="thisItem" select="." />
		<xsl:variable name="className">
			<xsl:choose>
				<xsl:when test="position() mod 2 = 0">
					myItems1
				</xsl:when>
				<xsl:otherwise>
					myItems2
				</xsl:otherwise>
			</xsl:choose>
		</xsl:variable>
		<tr class="{$className}">
			<xsl:for-each select="//itemListInfo/headerInfo/headerList/header">
				<xsl:if test="name = 'title'">
					<td align="left" class="{$className}">
						<xsl:apply-templates select="$thisItem/dc:title" />
					</td>
				</xsl:if>
				<xsl:if test="name = 'creator'">
					<td align="center" class="{$className}">
						<xsl:apply-templates select="$thisItem/dc:creator" />
					</td>
				</xsl:if>
				<xsl:if test="name = 'lastModified'">
					<td align="center" class="{$className}">
						<xsl:apply-templates select="$thisItem/dc:date" />
					</td>
				</xsl:if>
				<xsl:if test="name = 'rating'">
					<td align="center" class="{$className}">
						<xsl:apply-templates select="$thisItem/rating/ave" />
					</td>
				</xsl:if>
				<xsl:if test="name = 'numComments'">
					<td align="center" class="{$className}">
						<xsl:apply-templates select="$thisItem/comments/num" />
					</td>
				</xsl:if>
				<xsl:if test="name = 'status'">
					<td align="center" class="{$className}">
						<xsl:apply-templates select="$thisItem/status" />
					</td>
				</xsl:if>
			</xsl:for-each>
		</tr>
	</xsl:template>

	<xsl:template match="dc:date">
		<span class="smallText"><i><xsl:value-of select="." /></i></span>
	</xsl:template>

	<xsl:template match="rating/ave">
		<xsl:value-of select="format-number(.,'0.0')" />
	</xsl:template>

	<xsl:template match="comments/num">
		<xsl:value-of select="." />
	</xsl:template>