Re: [xsl] Ranking Random Nodes from Top to Bottom

["J. Zhang" <j.zhang@xxxxxx>]

Michael Kay wrote:
> > It is better to log the string length from root to the 
> > beginning of each particular node, and then use that number 
> > to rank the elements from Top to Bottom. In fact, that is 
> > what I want to do. What be your recommendation to do that?
> >     
>
> I'm sorry, I really have very little idea what you are trying to achieve.
>
> If you want to sort the paths such that the nodes they reference are in
> document order, then I don't think you have enough information. You need to
> retrieve the actual nodes and sort them into document order
>   

I was thinking of the determining the string length from root to a 
particular node, and store that as output in the output file using XSLT. 
Then post-process it in Python to rank the paths into document order, 
where the lowest number appears on top and the highest number at the 
bottom. Does that make any sense?

 jz

> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/