Saxon 8.x provides an extension function that enables you to parse a string
of lexical XML and turn it into a tree that XSLT can manipulate, but there's
no similar function in 6.5.3 (or in the standard). The thing to do is to put
the lexical XML into a file, and then read it with the document() function.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/ 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marzka, Jeremy [mailto:JMarzka@xxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 25 July 2005 21:06
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Passing Xml as a param
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm using instant saxon 6.5.3 and trying to pass xml as a 
> parameter that
> can later be accessed as a nodeset. Is it possible to do this?
> 
> saxon.exe index.xml index.xsl
> state="<session><user>test</user></session>"
> 
> or
> 
> saxon.exe index.xml index.xsl
> state="&lt;session&gt;&lt;user&gt;test&lt;/user&gt;&lt;/session&gt;"
> 
> Then somehow in the style sheet access: $state/session/user
> 
> Thanks
> Jeremy