[xsl] Nested/embedded/self-referential path expressions.

["Edward L. Knoll" <ed dot knoll at cosd dot fedex dot com>]

I am attempting to construct a path expression for a template which only
accepts the specified element if an element exists with the same name in
another portion of the document.  What I currently have (which works) is
represented abstractly as the following:

<xsl:template match="Row/*">
   <xsl:variable name="MyName" select="name()" />
   <xsl:if test="/Table/Columns/*[name()=$MyName">
        ....
   </xsl:if>
</xsl:template>

What I want to do is combine the if with the "match=..." clause of the
template.  The problem is that I need to reference the "name()" of the
context/element with the "name()" in a different context/element.  The
logical expression would be somethink like the following:

<xsl:template match="Row/*[/Table/Columns/*[{inner context name}={outer
context name}]]">

Can/how do I reference a element/component of the outer context for
comparison in the inner context?

Thanks,
Ed Knoll

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