RE: [xsl] Problem with xsl:number formatting

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 2007-08-09 11:44 -0400, Budinger [US], Bruce wrote:
> Thanks for your help.  This will allow me to move forward.
>
> The documentation is somewhat sparse on practical examples of how to use
> the count and preceding-sibling type functions.

:{)} Which is why I came up with a series of training classes!

Remember that specifications are not meant to be tutorials.  This 
comes up a lot in standards development (I also contribute to OASIS 
and ISO standards).  A specification must objectively describe 
functionality.  Tutorial content should be considered non-normative 
(also called "informative").  And some believe that non-normative 
content has no place in a specification.

Which makes fertile ground for books, tutorials, training classes, 
etc. which is good for the industry around the specification.

. . . . . . . . . . . . Ken

p.s. Crane's next hands-on XSLT 1.0/2.0 and XSL-FO 1.0/1.1 training 
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deadline for the reduced cost of entry; registration is still open 
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