Hello gregor FELLENZ:

--- In your original inquiry you said -
>hello xsl-list,
>
>i have to normalize CALS tables, to another table model which has no
>colspan resp. rowspan abilities.
>
>I have to fill for each omitted entry an empty cell in my new
>document, to generate valid tables.
>
>Realizing this for colspan is no problem (as you can see in my
>xslt) but i have no idea how to cover the rowspan.
>The problem is, that i have to insert in every spanned row an empty
>cell, but how can i gather this information?
>
>Any ideas or hints how i can realize this?
--- End of quote -

There is a response to your question posted at
http://www.integrityintegrators.net/blog/?p=1

If you are still interested.

Cheers!