Cheers,
Wendell

In order for your code to work, current() in the select expression
of a for-each loop must refer to the <item> node currently being
tested for whether it gets selected, right?
If so, is this the way xsl:for-each / xpath work?
I realize that INSIDE the for-each, current() refers to the node
currently being processed, but is that also true in the select
expression of the for-each? Or does current() there refer to
the context node outside the for-each?

> Chris,
>
> Try
>
> select="items/item[not(preceding-sibling::*
>    [name=current()/name and
>     type = current()/type and
>    status = current()/status])]"

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