> I wish to go through each file and copy those nodes to the
> result tree that EITHER have no "lang" attribute set,
> or that DO NOT have lang="german" or lang="french".
> 
> My filter is:
> 
> <xsl:copy-of select="selection*[not(boolean(@lang)) or ( 
> @lang !='german' and @lang !='french' )]"/>
> 
I assume the asterisk is a typo. Try:

<xsl:copy-of select="selection[not(@lang) or not(@lang='german' or
@lang='french')]">

Always remember that a!=b in XSLT does not mean the same as not(a=b). If @a
doesn't exist, then @a=b and @a!=b are both false.

Mike Kay


 XSL-List info and archive:  http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list