RE: Context node is within a variable - how to get bac

> This doesn't work because when I attempt to apply-templates 
> to /Root/Body, the context appears to be limited to the 
> variable - how can I get back to the document?

Have a global variable pointing to the principal source document

<xsl:variable name="root" select="/"/>

so you can always refer to it.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/