[xsl] XPath attribute expression

Subject: [xsl] XPath attribute expression
From: "Hintz, David L" <dlh@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 18:27:52 -0500
I'm a relative newbie, so I apologize if this question is too basic.

Assume that my document has this structure:

<topLevel>
   <ents>
      <ent name="abc"><value>test1</value></ent>
      <ent name="def"><value>test2</value></ent>
   </ents>
.
.
.
<para>This is a <entRef name="def"/>.</para>

What XPath expression can I use in context of this <entRef> element to
reference the content of the <value> element that matches the <ent> name
attribute (as shown above).  I've gotten this far:

/topLevel/ents/ent[@name]/value

But, that always returns the first value.  Somehow I need to test @name
that equals the "name" of the current tag.

Dave

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