] the SAXON XSL Compiler (which is written in XSL)
scary:-)

]  <xsl:apply-templates select="/" mode="gather"/>

is that being used as a top level form? Doesn't it have to be inside
<xsl:template match="/"> ? 

To build up your node list can't you just make it a param-variable
(april terminology) and then call apply-templates with
<xsl:param name="top-level" expr="$top-level | whatever"/>

you need to make sure that you do a linearised walk over the source tree
by suitable application of from-following and [1] so that the end result
is the complete list rather than having just the lists corresponding to
each path down the tree.

David
(even though I am not in the category of people to whom you addressed
your query.)


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