RE: XSLT/XPath help to resolve definition references i

hi Thomas,

> I need some help on pure XSLT/XPath syntax/capabilities.
> Let's say that I have an XML document looking like that:
> 
> <root>
>   <A name="a1"><B .../></A>
>   <A name="a2"><B .../></A>
>   <A name="a3"><B .../></A>
>   <C aRef="ns1:a1"/>
>   <C aRef="ns2:a2"/>
> </root>
> 
> I want to be able to select all the B element which are under 
> the A elements
> referenced by the C element (the A elements for which a 
> C/@aRef attribute
> value, minus the prefix, is equal to the A/@name attribute).
> 

Use a key on the C's:

<xsl:key name="CRefs" match="C" use="@aRef"/>

Then this as your path in <root> context.
 select="A[@name = key('CRefs',substring-after(@aRef,':'))]/B"

Don't know if it works...

Tom
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