XSL Counters list order?

[Tyler Baker <tyler@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

In the latest XSL spec:

"Counter values are inserted using xsl:counter and xsl:counters
elements. The name of the counter is specified with the name attribute.
xsl:counter first constructs a list of length one containing the value
of the named counter from the nearest ancestor in the result tree that
has a counter with the specified name; xsl:counters first constructs a
list containing, for each ancestor in the result tree that has a counter
with the specified name, the value of named counter from that ancestor.
xsl:counter and xsl:counters then convert the list of numbers into a
string using the attributes specified in Section 2.7.10.3: Number to
String Conversion Attributes; when used with xsl:counter and
xsl:counters the value of each of these attributes is interpreted as an
attribute value template."

Now what to do about xsl:counter is pretty clear.  Just format the
number of the first ancestor in the result tree.  However, the order
that the list of ancestors for xsl:counters is not clear to me.  Should
the order be from first ancestor found to last ancestor found or the
other way around.  My assumption is that the list should be first
ancestor found, second ancestor found, etc.

This is likely just something that was accidentally overlooked when
writing the spec so if Jim could clarify this (since he is the horse
with the mouth on this issue) or someone else who knows what to do here
then that would be great...

Thanx,

Tyler


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