[ Yates, Danny]

> For the first state (Alabama), "admissions/state/text()" 
> evaluates to something like:
> 
> Alabama<cr><space><space><cr><space><space>
> 
> Which is NOT the same as:
> 
> Alabama
> 
> You can solve this either by using normalize-space() or by 
> changing your <state> elements so that they don't use a mixed 
> content model (i.e. containing both text and other elements). e.g.:
> 

Actually, even nomalize-space() does not quite do it because it
collapses all the whitespace down to one space, resulting in 

Alabama<space>

This still won't match "Alabama", but 

contains(.,$state) 

will work.

After that, as Mike and Danny say, some redesign will probably be a good
idea, either of the source or the stylesheet.

Cheers,

Tom P

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