>> <xsl:param name="acronyms"
>>select="document('')/xsl:stylesheet/xsl:template[@name='acro']/acronyms" />
>
>>     <xsl:variable name="acronym" select="$acronyms[1]/@acronym" />
>
> Your variable would have to look like this "..]/aconyms/acronym"

I meant param here (instead of variable). But you can change either.

Ragulf Pickaxe :-)