Re: XPath using descendant and negative matching

    <xsl:template match="*[descendant::*/Partners]">

that matches all elements that have a descendent that has a Partners
child,  note it doesn't match elements that have a Partners child
(unless that Partners itself has a Partners descendant)

You probably just want to match elements that have a Partners child

*[Partners]

or elements that have a Partners descendant

*[.//Partners]

although note that any use of // is potentially expensive.



     <xsl:template match="*[descendant::*/[not Partners]]">

not() is a function so takes () like all otherf unctions

<xsl:template match="*[descendant::*/[not(Partners)]]">

matches any element that has a descendent that is not a Partners
which is almost certainly not what you want.

Assuming you want one of teh above, teh negation is

*[not(Partners)]
or
*[not(.//Partners)]
or more simply, just
*
as a match="*" has lower priority than match="*[Partners]" so
will only be used in teh "other" case.

David



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