Re: A parameter current context or context passed

When you say, "the context node is the root of a tree", what does that
mean exactly?  And when refering to (what I call the SourceXML) how do
you refer to that in XSLT specification?  I haven't seen a simple
glossary on these sort of terms.  Is there one on the net somewhere?

Thanks for the corrections, I'm lov'n XSLT but can be a bit slow with
the verbiage (sorry).


On 5/13/05, Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hmm.  So if I excpicitly pass in my context through my param
> > "current", doesn't the "/" resolve the same as the "." for the
> > variable passed in?
>
> If you explicitly pass a value for the parameter then the select expression
> in xsl:param is irrelevant: it's only used when you don't supply a value.
>
> You're using language here "resolve the same as.. for the variable" which I
> don't understand; it would be easier if you used the language of the
> specification. You don't pass a variable to a template, you pass a value.
>
> The expression ". | /" (or current() | /) returns one node if the context
> node is the root of a tree; it returns a node-set containing two nodes if
> the context node is not the root of the tree.
>
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/