Re: XSL Counters list order?

Tyler Baker wrote:
> 
> In the latest XSL spec:
> 
> "Counter values are inserted using xsl:counter and xsl:counters
> elements. The name of the counter is specified with the name attribute.
> xsl:counter first constructs a list of length one containing the value
> of the named counter from the nearest ancestor in the result tree that
> has a counter with the specified name; xsl:counters first constructs a
> list containing, for each ancestor in the result tree that has a counter
> with the specified name, the value of named counter from that ancestor.
> xsl:counter and xsl:counters then convert the list of numbers into a
> string using the attributes specified in Section 2.7.10.3: Number to
> String Conversion Attributes; when used with xsl:counter and
> xsl:counters the value of each of these attributes is interpreted as an
> attribute value template."
> 
> Now what to do about xsl:counter is pretty clear.  Just format the
> number of the first ancestor in the result tree.  However, the order
> that the list of ancestors for xsl:counters is not clear to me.  Should
> the order be from first ancestor found to last ancestor found or the
> other way around.  My assumption is that the list should be first
> ancestor found, second ancestor found, etc.

The order in the list is document order (ie a parent would precede its
child).  It has to be this way for xsl:counters to be useful (you want
to be able to get numbering like 2.3.7 with nested div elements).

James


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