[Michael Kay]

> If you don't want to use the extension function you can access the
> lookup table by putting it in a separate XML document.
> 

You can actually also put the lookup table into a named template in the
stylesheet.  You can access it via
document('')/xsl:stylesheet/xsl:template[name="..."], where "..." is the
name of the template.  This way you do not need to coordinate and
maintain an extra external file.

Cheers,

Tom P

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