On Tue, 2021-09-21 at 17:12 +0000, Terry Ofner tdofner@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> B B B B B B B  <xsl:variable name="part3ID">
> B B B B B B B B B B B  <xsl:value-of select="current-
> group()[self::div[@class='analyze_visual']]/@nextExposID"></xsl:value-
> of>
> B B B B B B B  </xsl:variable>

Does it  work if you rewrite this as

 <xsl:variable name="part3ID" as="xs:string"
  select="current-
group()[self::div[@class='analyze_visual']]/@nextExposID" />

and

> 
> B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B  <part num="3">
> B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B  <xsl:attribute name=bglobalNum">
> B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B  <xsl:value-of select="$part3ID"/>
> B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B  </xsl:attribute>

as

<part num="3" globalNum="{$part3ID}">

?


When you put content inside a variable without an assigned type, it
becomes a document with a document node.

Liam


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