Following-sibling axis - original tree or current result-set?

[Jeff Saylor <JSaylor at wizardfinance dot com>]

Given the following XML:

	<items>
		<item name="smallItem1" />
		<item name="smallItem2" />
		<item name="smallItem3" />
		<item name="smallItem4" />
		<item name="bigItem1" />
		<item name="bigItem2" />
		<item name="bigItem3" />
		<item name="bigItem4" />
	</items>

And given the following XSL which is attempting to output only the "small
items" elements (elements with "small" in the name) in rows of 3 columns
each:

  <xsl:template match="/">
  <table width='100%' border='1'>

    <xsl:for-each select="//items/item[ (position() mod 3= 1) and
contains(@name, 'small') ]">
      <tr>
        <xsl:for-each select=". | following-sibling::image[position() &lt; 3
]">
          <td>
            <xsl:value-of select="@name" />
          </td>
        </xsl:for-each>
      </tr>
    </xsl:for-each>

  </table>
  </xsl:template>

why do I end up with something like:

  smallItem1  smallItem2  smallItem3
  smallItem4  bigItem1    bigItem2

It seems that the following-sibling in the second for-each actually refers
to the axis from the original tree, not the axis of the result set from the
first for-each.  Is this right?  And, if so, how do I get the
following-sibling to only refer to the result set of the second for-each?

Appreciation in advance for any and all insight - cheers,

Jeffrey J. Saylor
jsaylor@bigfoot.com





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