../sg tests if the parent has a child called sg.

you want test="parent::sg"

Michael Kay

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> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Chris Loschen
> Sent: 22 May 2003 21:30
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Parent of context node
> 
> 
> Hi, all!
> 
> I'm sure I'm missing something obvious, but I'm staring at 
> this and can't 
> see why it isn't working.
> 
> I have XML like this:
> 
> <e eid="e19"><hg><hw>a</hw><hom>1</hom> <vg><var>an</var> 
> before a vowel 
> sound</vg><infg><inf>a</inf><inf>an</inf></infg></hg><sg><se1>
> <pos>determiner</pos> 
> <b>1.</b> used when mentioning someone or something for the 
> first time; the 
> indefinite article. <b>2.</b> one single: <i>a hundred.</i> <b>3.</b> 
> someone like (the name specified). <b>4.</b> per: <i>typing 
> 60 words a 
> minute.</i></se1> <etym>Old English.</etym></sg></e>
> 
> The template in question looks like this:
> 
> <xsl:template match="etym">
>          <xsl:choose>
>                  <xsl:when test="../sg">
>                          <br /><span 
> class="etym">ORIGIN:</span>&#xA0;<xsl:apply-templates />
>                  </xsl:when>
>                  <xsl:otherwise>
>                          <tei-ms:etym>
>                                  <xsl:text>[</xsl:text>
>                                  <xsl:apply-templates />
>                                  <xsl:text>] </xsl:text>
>                          </tei-ms:etym>
>                  </xsl:otherwise>
>          </xsl:choose>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> I want the "Old English" from the XML to trigger the first condition 
> because its immediate parent is <sg> -- I
> have other cases where <etym> is further down in the 
> hierarchy, and for 
> those, I want the square brackets
> instead. But every time I'm getting the square brackets (the 
> "otherwise" 
> condition) instead. Am I wrong that
> "../sg" should be true if the immediate parent of the context 
> node is <sg>? 
> What am I missing?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> 
> --Chris
> 
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