> In Michael Kay's book, XSLT Programmer's Reference - 2nd 
> Edition, the top of
> page 75 says that the pattern "/" matches the root node.  I 
> have always been
> baffled by this, because I have never seen "/" match the root 
> node when
> using <xsl:template match="/">.  

Go back to page 57, which carefully explains what the root node is.

Michael Kay