> I understand that but the least that I thought someone could do is point me 
> in the direction of some sort of documentation

Mike could have directed you at his book, which is rather good:-)

The xslt (and xpath) specs are really quite readable, once you start.
Otherwise Dave Pawson's FAQ at http://www.dpawson.co.uk should have
links to most places (the zvon tutorials are probably what you want
to start with if you don't like reading the text of the spec)

David


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