Erwan AMOUREUX wrote:

I frequently use this with msmxl or altova engine.
In that case, it's a 'default' position() by parent node , using the xml tree entirely .

Well the XSLT 2.0 specification at least is clear about that, see http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt20/#key which says "When the key specifier of that xsl:key declaration is evaluated with a singleton focus based on $N". Singleton focus means "A singleton focus based on a node N has the context item (and therefore the context node) set to N, and the context position and context size both set to 1".

Cheers,
Wendell

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