> Can I do something like the following (and is it reasonable)?
>
> <xsl:template name='foo'>
>   <xsl:variable name='temp0'>
>     <xsl:apply-templates mode='zero'>
>   </xsl:variable>
>   <xsl:variable name='temp1'>
>     <xsl:apply-templates select='$temp0' mode='one'>
>   </xsl:variable>
>   <xsl:variable name='temp2'>
>     <xsl:apply-templates select='$temp1' mode='two'>
>   </xsl:variable>
>   <xsl:copy-of select='$temp2' />
> </xsl:template>
>
You can do this according to the XSLT 1.1 Working Draft but not according to
XSLT 1.0. In most XSLT processors the last apply-templates has to be
 <xsl:apply-templates select="xx:node-set($temp1)"/>
where xx refer's to the vendor's extension library prefix.

But Saxon and jd:xslt implement the XSLT 1.1 WD syntax.

Mike Kay
Software AG


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