RE: Integrated sort using different elements

> From: G. Ken Holman [mailto:gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> In XSLT 1.0 you might do something along the lines of:
>
> <xsl:sort select="
>    monogr/author |
>    self::*[not(monogr/author)]/analytic/author |
>    self::*[not(monogr/author | analytic/author)]/monogr/editor |
>    self::*[not(monogr/author | analytic/author |
> monogr/editor)]/monogr/title"/>

I think for XSLT 1.0 you can simplify that select to:

<xsl:sort select="(monogr/author|analytic/author)[1]"/>

which should also work in XSLT 2.0 without using a sequence.

Here's what a complete (for this purpose) entry looks like-- most entries are missing one or many of these elements:
<biblStruct>
<analytic>
<author>Author Name</author>
<title>Article Name</title>
</analytic>
<monogr>
<author>Other Author Name</author>
<title>Journal Title</title>
<editor>Editor Name</editor>
</monogr>
</biblStruct>

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