On Tue, 2 Aug 2022 at 15:18, Eliot Kimber eliot.kimber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> Itbs not completely clear what youbre asking for.
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> Are you simply trying to determine if each book has a an entry in the
sort_index for itbs month?

Yes, a valid entry 'Jan' ...'Dec'? Looking for
if 'bad month' then
   xsl:message

ec

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> If the sort_index always has all twelve months, how can it never be the
case?

Because of bad xml authoring :-)
I.e. I'm trying to validate the xml, not the stylesheet which contains
the index?


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> Or are you trying to validate the values of the book/d elements to verify
that they are understandable dates?

Both? Some books, OK, I don't know the date, I could add 'Unk' or
similar to make them stand out. Separate problem?



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