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1. the description of xsl:key fails to specify where the nodes that are being matched come from. I assume that they are all the nodes in the `primary' source document (does this also include attribute, namespace, text and processing instruction nodes?) 2. since the match attribute of xsl:key is a pattern, there does not seem to be a way to associate keys with `secondary' source documents obtained with the document() function. all of the documents that I want to obtain using the document() function are really databases of various kinds that would greatly benefit from the mechanism offered by xsl:key. (e.g. author database, global db for cross document references, db of hilited code computed by external tool). with templates, it is possible to apply-templates to an explicit selection of nodes. I suggest to provide something similar for xsl:key: <xsl:apply-keys select="..."/> would add the nodes selected by "..." to the node set being considered for matching. There is a built in rule: <xsl:apply-keys select="//node()"/> I believe this is a conservative extension, and the explicit statement of the built in rule above also clarifies the semantics. Sincerely, -- Dr. Denys Duchier Denys.Duchier@xxxxxxxxxxxx Forschungsbereich Programmiersysteme (Programming Systems Lab) Universitaet des Saarlandes, Geb. 45 http://www.ps.uni-sb.de/~duchier Postfach 15 11 50 Phone: +49 681 302 5618 66041 Saarbruecken, Germany Fax: +49 681 302 5615 XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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