[xsl] distinct-values() optimization, sorting by frequency

Hiya,

I'm wondering the best way to optimize a distinct-values() based
transformation.  What I'm basically doing is:
======
<xsl:variable name="docs"  select="collection('../../working/xml/files.xml')"/>

<xsl:template name="main" >
 <xsl:variable name="persNames" select="$docs//tei:text//tei:persName"/>
 <xsl:variable name="norm-persNames"
select="$persNames/normalize-space(lower-case(.))"/>
 <xsl:variable name="distinct-persNames"
select="distinct-values($norm-persNames)"/>
<!-- I realize that I could be more specific on the $persNames
variable, but doing so doesn't seem to affect speed much at all. -->
<div type="main">

<!-- Some overall counts -->
<div><head>Overall Counts</head>
<list type="unordered">
  <item>Number of <gi>persName</gi> elements total:
    <xsl:value-of select="count($persNames)"/></item>
  <item>Number of <gi>persName</gi> elements which have a  @key
attribute total: <xsl:value-of
select="count($persNames[@key])"/></item>
<item>Number of distinct-value <gi>persName</gi> elements total:
<xsl:value-of select="count($distinct-persNames)"/></item>
</list></div>

<!-- An Alphabetical List -->
<div><head>Alphabetical List</head>
  <list type="unordered">
    <xsl:for-each select="$distinct-persNames">
      <xsl:sort select="."/>
      <xsl:variable name="current-name" select="."/>
      <xsl:variable name="count-distinct-current-name"
     select="count($persNames[normalize-space(lower-case(.)) =$current-name])"/>
      <item><xsl:value-of select="concat($current-name,
          '  --  ', $count-distinct-current-name)"/></item>
      </xsl:for-each>
   </list>
</div>

<!-- A Frequency Sorted List  -->
<div>
  <head>Frequency List</head>
  <list type="unordered">
    <xsl:for-each select="$distinct-persNames">
      <xsl:sort select="count($persNames[normalize-space(lower-case(.))
        = .])"/>
<!-- I think it is this sort statement which slows things down, since
I have to repeat it twice. -->
      <xsl:variable name="current-name" select="."/>
      <xsl:variable name="count-distinct-current-name"
        select="count($persNames[normalize-space(lower-case(.))
        = $current-name])"/>
      <item><xsl:value-of select="concat($count-distinct-current-name,
          '  --  ', $current-name)"/> </item>
    </xsl:for-each>
  </list>
</div>
</div>
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I think the real slow-down comes in the second xsl:for-each where I
want to sort by frequency of distinct-value by doing:
<xsl:sort select="count($persNames[normalize-space(lower-case(.)) = .])"/>
I have to have it for the sort, and then I have to re-do it for the
output inside the <item> element.  I'm obviously not allowed a
variable between the for-each and the sort... but I have a feeling I'm
missing some clever optimization here.

Although this is for a pre-generated transformation, it currently
takes a *hugely* long time, and I'm thinking I must be able to
optimize it somehow.

Any suggestions appreciated,

-James

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