> Sets of nodes in XSLT are in document order.  When you want 
> the information ordered, you process them in sorted order.
>> 
> Yes, but there is no select that will pass the set of nodes 
> in sorted order.  Sets of nodes are in always in document 
> order.  

Umm - I think you might have engaged your 1.0 autopilot here, Ken, whereas
this is 2.0.

In 2.0, we have sequences not sets, and the nodes in a variable (or indeed
in current-group()) can be in any order. So you can create a sorted sequence
in a variable and pass that to your named template.

Regards,

Michael Kay
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