> the problem seems to be the line :
> 
> <xsl:for-each 
> select="current()[position()]/following::*[position() &lt; 
> 5]">

I haven't tried to understand what you are trying to achieve, but

(a) current() will always select a single node, so applying a predicate to
it is a little pointless

(b) the predicate [position()] is short for [position()=position()], which
is always true.

Michael Kay