[xsl] RE: following ID references (was untitled)

["Michael Kay" <mhkay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>
> <graph_catalogue>
> 	<graph sec_ref="EAF"  >
> 		<title> a graph </title>
> 	</graph>
>
> 	<section id="EAF" >
> 		<sec_head> a person </sec_head>
> 	</section>
> </graph_catalogue>
>
> I want to use XSL in a similar fashion to a database query.
> Given the title
> of the graph, I want to get the name of the corresponding
> (via id) section
> head. Can someone please tell me how to do this?
>

If the <title> is the context node, and if "id" is an attribute of type ID,
you can get the <sec_head> as

id(../@sec_ref)/sec_head

Mike Kay


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