Re: first occurance of node with hierarchy

match="para[not(preceding-sibling::para |
                parent::specpara[preceding-sibling::para |
                                 preceding-sibling::specpara/para])]"

and
<xsl:number count="*[starts-with(local-name(), 'step')]" level="multiple"/>

Cheers,
Wendell

Andrew Welch wrote:

There are five step nodes
<step1><step2><step3><step4><step5>

...

I need to output a number at the first occurance of a <para> within each
step, which can be as a child or within a <specpara>

There are several possibilities:
1. (step1//para|step2//para|step3//para|step4//para|step5//para)[1]
2. para[ancestor::step1 or ancestor::step2 or ancestor::step3 or ancestor::step4 or ancestor::step5][1]
and a multitide more.

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