[xsl] Excluding certain nodes from xsl:number count

Subject: [xsl] Excluding certain nodes from xsl:number count
From: Andy Carr1 <CARRA@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 18:17:45 +0100
Hi

I have a particular problem trying to exclude certain nodes from being 
counted.

I am trying to implement paragraph numbering, but some paragraphs (i.e the 
ones inside tables) should not be numbered and therefore should not be 
included in the count.

For example, take this snippet of xml:

<Body>

   <Para> Some Text </Para>
   <Para> Some Text </Para>
   <Para> Some Text </Para>
   <Para> Some Text </Para>
   <Para> Some Text </Para>

   <Table>
      <row>
         <cell><Para>Table Text</Para></cell>
         <cell><Para>Table Text</Para></cell>
         <cell><Para>Table Text</Para></cell>
      </row>
   </Table>

   <Para> Some Text </Para>
   <Para> Some Text </Para>
   <Para> Some Text </Para>
   <Para> Some Text </Para>
   <Para> Some Text </Para>

</Body>
 
This kind of structure needs to be transformed to produce

1. Some Text
2. Some Text
3. Some Text
4. Some Text
5. Some Text

Then the Table...

6. Some Text
7. Some Text
8. Some Text
9. Some Text
10. Some Text

But what I am getting when I use 
        <xsl:number from="Body" level="any" count="Para" format="1." />

1. Some Text
2. Some Text
3. Some Text
4. Some Text
5. Some Text

Then the Table...

9. Some Text
10. Some Text
11. Some Text
12. Some Text
13. Some Text

What I need to do is exclude the Para nodes in the Table from the count, 
but I can't figure out how.

Anybody? 

Regards
Andy

Andy Carr
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