> Just wondering, why doesn't the following work? The period is 
> not liked by
> the parser. I expected the period to mean "self", or the 
> "table" element. 
> 
> <xsl:template match="table">
> 	<xsl:value-of select=".[@border]"> 
> </xsl:template>

Because Predicates are not allowed to follow an AbbreviatedStep [1]. Use
unabbreviated syntax self::*[@border] instead.

Jarno

[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath#NT-Step

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