No.

   document('')

selects the root node of the current stylesheet file.

However, you could define the global $rule variable in the same stylesheet, 
ehere the template witrh the 'xx:rule"' attribute is.

Then, just reference the $rule variable from other stylesheets.


Cheers,
Dimitre Novatchev.


"John D" <JohnD@d...> wrote in message 
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>I would like to define a variable in one component file and the bind 
>variable
> in another (all using xsl:include).
>
> For example,
> // Rule1.xsl
> <xsl:include href="vars.xsl"/>
> <xsl:template match="/" rule:ruleId="1">...</>
>
> //vars.xsl
> <xsl:variable name="rule" 
> select="document('')//xsl:template/@rule:ruleId"/>
> <xsl:variable name="page" select="//page[@rule=$rule]"/>
>
> The problem is that $rule is never defined.  I assumed that the 
> document('')
> function would apply after all included component files have been loaded 
> into
> memory, building the entire XSLT dom tree, but this doesn't appear to be 
> the
> case.  Any tips?