So then what does it mean to say that "variable bindings declared in 
templates should be visible to descendants and following siblings"? 
This is what it says in the specs.

Also, the whole reason I wanted to do this was because I am trying to find 
the leftmost daughter of the element ng.
Is there a way to do this?  I have really thought about it a lot but can't 
seem to find anything workable.
-Shipra



On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Michael Kay wrote:

> > 
> > I'm having trouble with variable binding - basically, I read 
> > that variable 
> > bindings declared in templates should be visible to descendants and 
> > following siblings, but I'm getting not getting the behavior 
> > I thought I 
> > would with my stylesheet using Saxon 6.5.2...
> 
> You've misunderstood the rules. The scope of variables is static, not
> dynamic. It doesn't depend on your source document, and it doesn't
> depend on the way in which templates call each other. You're trying to
> reference a variable in one template that's declared in a different
> template. What you need to do is pass the value as a parameter from one
> template to the other, using xsl:with-param and xsl:param.
> 
> Michael Kay
> 
> 
> > 
> > so the relevant part of my file looks like this (it's a 
> > subbranch of s):
> >           <ng of='proteins' role='h'>
> >                 <nx head='targeting' role='h'>
> >                      <W index='92'>the</W>
> >                      <W role='h' index='93'>targeting</W>
> >                 </nx>
> >                      <W index='94'>of</W>
> >                 <nx head='proteins' role='k'>
> >                      <W index='95'>the</W>
> >                      <W index='96'>myosin</W>
> >                      <W role='h' index='97'>proteins</W>
> >                 </nx>
> > 	</ng>
> > 
> > and my stylesheet looks like this:
> > 
> > <xsl:template match="@* | * | comment() | processing-instruction() | 
> > node()">
> >  <xsl:copy>
> >   <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
> >  </xsl:copy>
> > </xsl:template>
> > 
> > <xsl:template match="s//ng//*[1]" priority="5">
> > 	<xsl:variable name="branch">right</xsl:variable>
> > 	<xsl:copy>
> > 	<xsl:attribute name="branch"><xsl:value-of 
> > select="$branch"/></xsl:attribute>
> > 	<xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
> > 	</xsl:copy>
> > </xsl:template>
> > 
> > 
> > <xsl:template match="s//ng//*" priority="4">
> > 	<xsl:copy>
> > 	<xsl:attribute name="branch"><xsl:value-of 
> > select="$branch"/></xsl:attribute>
> > 	<xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
> > 	</xsl:copy>
> > </xsl:template>
> > 
> > but when I try to run it, it tells me that the variable 
> > branch has not 
> > been declared, even though it should first have processed the first 
> > daughter of ng, where it has been declared. 
> > 
> > Best,
> > shipra
> > 
> > 
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> > 
> 
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