[xsl] grouping like items into one

[Fred Christian <fredc@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I know I have done this with xsl 1.0 before and could figure it out, but 
1.0 is painful :)
So I am trying to figure it out with 2.0 and am getting stuck. I am 
running into that "how do I know what to look up if I don't know how to 
spell it" jam.
I looked at the xsl:for-each-group element, but I don't think that will 
work in this situation.
Someone want to take a whack at it?


I want to group bordered text into one border <span>, but leave italic 
text ( and other styles ) in individual nodes.

_______Source XML__________________
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<DD>
<text italic="false" border="">a </text>
<text italic="false" border="single">b </text>
<text italic="true" border="single">c </text>
<text italic="true" border="">d </text>
<text italic="false" border="">e </text>
<text italic="false" border="single">f </text>
<text italic="false" border="single">g </text>
<text italic="false" border="">h </text>
<text italic="true" border="single">i </text>
<text italic="true" border="">j </text>
</DD>

_____Current output (formated for readability)________________
a
<span class="border">b </span>
<span class="border"><i>c </i></span>
<i>d </i>
e
<span class="border">f </span>
<span class="border">g </span>
h
<span class="border"><i>i </i></span>
<i>j </i>


____ Desired output (formated for readability) ______________
____ Note how there is one <span....> around b <i>c </> and   around "f 
g " ___
a
<span class="border">b <i>c </i></span>
<i>d </i>
e
<span class="border">f g </span>
h
<span class="border"></span>
<i>i </i>
<i>j </i>

_____________ current xsl  _______________
<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"   
   xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
   xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema";
   xmlns:saxon="http://saxon.sf.net/";
   exclude-result-prefixes="xs saxon">

<xsl:template match="/DD">
   <xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="text">
   <xsl:choose>
       <xsl:when test="@border='single'">
        <span class="border"><xsl:apply-templates select="." 
mode="moreStyles"/></span>
       </xsl:when>
       <xsl:otherwise><xsl:apply-templates select="." 
mode="moreStyles"/></xsl:otherwise>
   </xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="text" mode="moreStyles">
   <xsl:choose>
       <xsl:when test="./@italic='true'">
        <i><xsl:apply-templates/></i>
       </xsl:when>
       <xsl:otherwise><xsl:apply-templates/></xsl:otherwise>
   </xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>