DOCBOOK-APPS: no wonder i'm confused about the node() function

["Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@mindspring.com>]

"XSLT", Doug Tidwell, p. 51

  "* The node() node test, which selects all nodes in the current
  context, regardless of type.  This includes elements, text, comments
  processing instuctions, attributes, and namespace nodes."

"XSLT Programmer's Reference", 2nd ed., Michael Kay, p. 432

  "Since root nodes, attribute nodes and namespace nodes are never
  children of another node ... they will never be matched by the
  pattern node()."

"http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt";

  "* node() matches any node other than an attribute node and
  the root node"



at this point, i'm scared to read anything else for the fear
of getting a *fourth* opinion.

rday