RE: how to access the main document from a node-set co

Put <xsl:variable name="root" select="/" /> at the top of your
stylesheet and then refer to the original document with $root/someXpath

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Gunther Schadow
> Sent: 23 December 2001 02:34
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  how to access the main document from a 
> node-set context?
> 
> 
> Hi, I have run into another problem with my dependency 
> sorting. Basically what I'm doing is take elements from a 
> document and rearrange them into a result tree fragment. Then 
> I run the node-set funtion on them to get a useful new tree 
> in which I can do Xpath access. Now, I have several links in 
> my generated tree that point into the main document, but when 
> I try to follow them (with key or simple xpath search) I can 
> never access that original document because my context is 
> this generated node-set. How can I reach back to the original 
> document?
> 
> thanks for the hint,
> -Gunther
> 
> 
> -- 
> Gunther Schadow, M.D., Ph.D.                    
> gschadow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Medical Information Scientist      Regenstrief Institute for 
> Health Care
> Adjunct Assistant Professor        Indiana University School 
> of Medicine
> tel:1(317)630-7960                         
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