RE: Embedding the XPath of an input Text Fragment in

Here's a basic 1.0 solution that should return the xpath creation you
describe....

Cheers,
Wendell

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" >

  <xsl:template match="node()" mode="xpath">
    <xsl:apply-templates select="ancestor::*|." mode="xpath-step"/>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="/" mode="xpath-step">
    <xsl:text>/</xsl:text>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="text()" mode="xpath-step">
    <xsl:text>/text()</xsl:text>
    <xsl:if test="count(../text()) > 1">
      <xsl:text>[</xsl:text>
      <xsl:value-of select="count(preceding-sibling::text()) + 1"/>
      <xsl:text>]</xsl:text>
    </xsl:if>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="comment()" mode="xpath-step">
    <xsl:text>/comment()</xsl:text>
    <xsl:if test="count(../comment()) > 1">
      <xsl:text>[</xsl:text>
      <xsl:value-of select="count(preceding-sibling::comment()) + 1"/>
      <xsl:text>]</xsl:text>
    </xsl:if>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="@*" mode="xpath-step">
    <xsl:text>/@</xsl:text>
    <xsl:value-of select="name()"/>
  </xsl:template>

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