It is just manually designed concept - no tests, it should help.
<xsl:stylesheet >
<xsl:param name="which_d">all</xsl:param>
<xsl:template match="rdf">
<html><body><h2>descriptions</h2>
<xsl:apply-templates select="*[@about = $which_d or $which = 'all']" />
</body></html>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="desc">
.. etc. ...
</xsl:template>
Pavel
tim fulcher wrote:
> OK,
>
> I guess I'm being particularly slack brained today.
> If I have a bit of xml like this
>
> <rdf>
> <desc about="foo">
> .... nested nodes
> </desc>
> <desc about="bar">
> .... nested nodes
> </desc>
> <desc about="baz">
> .... nested nodes
> </desc>
> </rdf>
>
> and a stylesheet like this
>
> Using sabcmd I could specify which <desc> to process with
> sabcmd a.xsl a.xml '$which_d=foo'
>
> How can I specify in the xsl that the default value (if which_d not supplied)
> should match all <desc> ?
>
> cheers
>
>
> Tim
