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> using XSLT 1.0 and Saxon 6.5.5 I'm wondering whats the actual > difference between > > <xsl:key name="child-key" match="child" use="parent::*"/> That indexes an element on the string-value of its parent node, which doesn't sound a very useful thing to do. > > <xsl:template match="parent" > > <xsl:variable name="childs" select="key('child-key', > parent::*)"/> > ... > </xsl:template> > > and > > <xsl:key name="child-key" match="child" > use="generate-id(parent::*)" /> > This effectively indexes an element on the identity of its parent node - which doesn't sound very useful either. Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/
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