Building a hierarchy based on siblings

[Ryan Graham <Ryan.Graham@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

I am having some trouble getting the correct template matches written to
build a hierarchy.

I have similar to the following input XML:

<sect1>
	<para>First Paragraph</para>
	<para>* First list item</para>
	<para>* Second list item</para>
	<para>* Third list item <emphasis>emphasized text</emphasis></para>
	<para>Second Paragraph</para>
	<para>Third paragraph</para>
	<!-- Start new list-->
	<para>* First list item #2</para>
	<para>* Second list item #2</para>
	<para>Another paragraph</para>
</sect1>

I would like to put all para nodes that begin with "* " into a list
structure and cut off the first two characters when processed, to get the
following output:

<para>First Paragraph</para>
<itemizedlist>
	<listitem>
		<para>First list item</para>
	</listitem>
	<listitem>	
		<para>Second list item</para>
	</listitem>
	<listitem>
		<para>Third list item <emphasis>emphasized
text</emphasis></para>
	<listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>Second Paragraph</para>
<para>Third paragraph</para>
<itemizedlist>
	<listitem>
		<para>First list item #2</para>
	</listitem>
	<listitem>	
		<para>Second list item #2</para>
	</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>Another paragraph</para>

I was using this to get the <listitems> built:

<xsl:template match="para">
  <xsl:choose>
    <xsl:when test="substring(node()[1], 0, 3) = '* '>
      <itemizedlist>
	  <listitem>
	  <xsl:value-of select="substring(node()[1], 3)"/>
	  <xsl:apply-templates select="node()[position() > 1]"/>
	  </listitem>
	</itemizedlist>
    </xsl:when>
    <xsl:otherwise>
      <para>
	  <xsl:apply-templates/>
	</para>
    </xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:template>

But with this match, every <para> that starts with "* " becomes its own
itemizedlist with one listitem.  Is there an efficient way to do this using
a recursive template, without creating duplicate output?

I appreciate any and all suggestions!

Thanks,
Ryan