I think the best answer is to combine the two documents into a single tree
(using xsl:copy-of), and then process that tree using the node-set()
extension function:

<xsl:variable name="combined">
  <a>
    <b><xsl:copy-of select="document('1.xml")/></b>
    <b><xsl:copy-of select="document('2.xml")/></b>
  </a>
</xsl:variable>

<xsl:template match="/">
  <xsl:apply-templates select="xx:node-set($combined)"/>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="a/b//item">
  <xsl:number/>
</xsl:template>

Mike Kay
Software AG


> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Christine
> Donica
> Sent: 01 August 2001 16:01
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> Subject: [xsl] document function and counting
>
>
>
>
> I am trying to use the document function to pull in the
> result trees of
> other documents and then I want to number things across the entire new
> document in one pass.
>
> For example say I have a file called master.xml which
> contains uri's to
> other documents called foo1.xml and foo2.xml.  Say foo1.xml
> and foo2.xml
> each contain a list of <item> tags.
>
> I want the output of the transformation to be a document
> which contains
> all of the <item>s of both foo1.xml and foo2.xml AND I want
> to number them
> continuously from the top to the bottom.  I want to do this
> in one pass of
> a stylesheet.
>
> I can pull foo1.xml and foo2.xml into the output file using
> document().
> Also, if all of the items are already in the same document I
> can easily
> number them using the <xsl:number> tag.  However, it is not
> possible to do
> both in the same run of the stylesheet because xsl:number
> does not seem to
> have access to the elements in main.xml and either foo1.xml
> or foo2.xml at
> the same time. So I can reach my goal if I write two
> stylesheets and run
> them one after each other, but I don't want to do that.
>
> Alternatively, I have tried using parameters to pass a number into the
> item template.  However, I don't know how to get this
> information from the
> point where the template matches an <item> in foo1.xml to a
> point where it
> matches <item> in foo2.xml.  That is, I cannot pass parameters up the
> tree.
>
> Could someone please explain how I should do this?  Or, is it even
> possible?
>
> Thank you so much for your time.
>
> Sarah Coppin
>
>
>
>
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