> The answer to your question is yes (I think)

Excellent.
 
> but before answering that, are you prepared to use extensions such as
> the node-set() function available in xt, saxon, xalan (and in msxml2 in
> a rather odd way)  Given this bit of help your existing stylesheet
> can trivially be made to work on the sorted list.

Yes. Where can I find some documentation on node-set()? I'm using 
XT to do the processing.

Any suggestions on how to apply it to my current problem gratefully 
received.

L.


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