[xsl] Determining the context node

Subject: [xsl] Determining the context node
From: "Allison Bloodworth" <abloodworth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 17:15:07 -0700
Hi, 

I sometimes get confused about what the context node is when I'm writing a
complicated XSL stylesheet. I'm wondering if someone can suggest an easy way
to determine what node I'm on (e.g. by using some code to print this info
out to my output)? 

I've tried xsl:copy, xsl:copy-of, and xsl:value-of, but I don't want to know
the value of the element, I want to know the name of the element (e.g. for
<EventWebsite>www.berkeley.edu</EventWebsite> I want to know that I'm on
EventWebsite, not that the value is www.berkeley.edu). Also, because most of
my elements contain other elements instead of text, often doing xsl:copy
(which is more rational than using copy-of) doesn't get me anything. I
assume there's probably an easy XPath expression for this, but even after
doing quite a bit of research I can't find it.

Thanks for any suggestions on this!

Allison Bloodworth
Principal Administrative Analyst
Technology Program Office
University of California, Berkeley
(415) 377-8243
abloodworth@xxxxxxxxxxxx

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