> Ahh, that almost makes sense.  The only reason I'm not completely convinced
> is since the root node in the referenced document is in fact the one named
> "options" in the original example? 

No it isn't root nodes don't have a name (name() returns "") and they
can only be accessed by the path / (or similar things like
ancestor::node()[last()]  Root nodes are _not_ the top level element
node in the document.

David

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