testing attributes

Hi...

I have a template that matches any course element in my xml. Each
element has a different role attribute. I can output the information
from the course node, I would like to test for which attribute it is and
apply a different message template accordingly.


Is it best to have separate templates for each type of attribute, or is
there a way to check what the attribute is and output as appropriate.

<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="count(//course) &gt; 0">
<h2>Courses</h2>
<xsl:apply-templates select="//courses"/>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<h2>You are not currently participating in any any courses</h2>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>

<xsl:template match="courses">
<xsl:apply-templates select="course"/>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="course">
<li>
<a href="{$host}{url}amp;useCas=1" target="_blank"><xsl:value-of
select="title"/></a>
</li>
</xsl:template>

xml:

<course role="instructor">
 ....blah

Thanks for any help...

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Aaron Johnson
GUI / XSLT development
Academic Technologies Group [ATG]
University of the West of England
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