Re: [xsl] targeting the 'first' instance of the same element in variable structures

["Martin Honnen martin.honnen@xxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 02/07/2024 13:42, Jean-Paul Rehr rehrjb@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >That sounds as ifB  match="(body/div//head)[1]" should do as the XSLT
> processor should still see the parent (or perhaps not, what is
> transform:transform?, BaseX or exist-db, would need to check how their
> XSLT function works exactly).
>
> It's eXist-db's XSLT transformation function, that hands off to Saxon.
> The fragment is detached from the node when passed into the function.

Seems you have found a way but perhaps

B  <xsl:template match="(/div//head)[1]">

works if the div from XQuery is passed in as the root element to Saxon
by exist-db's transform:transform