Hi Richard,

>>> What I can't work out is how to get at any preceding elements that
>>> are in my 'scope' i.e. from a file like
>> [..]
>>> I've tried ancestor::*/p but that will give me <p a="9"/> too.

I think you want all preceding sibling p elements of either the
current node or one of its ancestors. In other words:

  ancestor-or-self::*/preceding-sibling::p

Can I have beer?

Jeni

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