XPATH / XSLT: Selecting a node where the parent node's attribute matches the attribute of another node

Question

I\'m trying to apply a transformation to the below XML using XPath and XSLT.

  
    J         


        

Answer 1

As an alternative to using a variable, you can make use of the "current()" operator to get the current Author node you are on

Thus, if you take the following stylesheet

And apply it your given XML, the results should be like so

   
      SmithJohn
      Some Org
   
   
      AtkinsBill
      Another Org