Bob, Since I thought your use of the 'or' functionality was quite cool, I modified my customization layer along the lines of what you did: > <xsl:template match="emphasis"> > <xsl:choose> > <xsl:when test="@role='bold'|@role='strong'"> <!-- changed line --> > <xsl:call-template name="inline.boldseq"/> > </xsl:when> > <xsl:otherwise> > <xsl:call-template name="inline.italicseq"/> > </xsl:otherwise> > </xsl:choose> > </xsl:template> However, in running it through 'xsltproc' I found that I was getting an error generated. It actually seemed to work correctly, but gave me error messages. I did some research and found that the 'or' functionality of XSLT actually uses the word "or". So the test needs to be: <xsl:when test="(@role='strong') or (@role='bold')"> Once I changed that, everything worked fine and no errors were produced. One source for this is on the XPath page at: http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath#booleans I was a bit surprised as I expected the "|" symbol to work, but it appears that it is at least not "proper" XSLT. (At least that is what I could see in the docs.) Regards, Dan -- Dan York, Director of Training [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph: +1-613-751-4401 Mobile: +1-613-263-4312 Fax: +1-613-564-7739 e-smith, inc. 150 Metcalfe St., Suite 1500, Ottawa,ON K2P 1P1 Canada http://www.e-smith.com/ open source, open mind ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this elist send a message with the single word "unsubscribe" in the body to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]