> 
> I was reading Michael's section of worked examples, and had a 
> question about 
> the numbering template used in formatting the table of contents:
> 
> when using, <<count="inform-div1|div1|div2|div3|div4">>,  
> this is apparently 
> used to reference the ancestor elements of these tag names.  
> but doesn't 
> this notation denote a reference to the children elements of 
> the current 
> node?

No, because the count attribute of xsl:number is a pattern, not an
expression. It follows the same rules as the match attribute of
xsl:template.

Michael Kay


> 
> the whole template was this:
>    <xsl:template mode="number" match="*">
>       <xsl:number level="multiple"
>          count="inform-div1|div1|div2|div3|div4"
>          format="1.1 "/>
>    </xsl:template>
> 
> thanks in advance.
> abie
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