Re: use variable in <xsl:if test=

Matt Gushee wrote:
> '*' means 'any child _element_
> of the current context node'. At the top level of the stylesheet,
> there are no child elements.

That's not correct. Per section 11.4 of the spec, top-level variables are
evaluated with the source tree's root node as both the current node and the
current node list. Therefore, with a well-formed source tree, '*' in a
top-level variable will always be the document element.

   - Mike
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