Thanks a lot David, Mickael and Jeni,
That's a real lesson on axis you 've just given me !
It works fine with :

7) test =<xsl:value-of select="(document('mongloss.xml')//mot)[2]"/>

And for your //mot['2'] string explanation, I really thought a gobblin was
inside the machine ... it's clear now.

Thanks again for all this, now I go back to the full code.
François


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