8402 2009-11-30 15:56:27 +0000 [XSLT 2.1] xsl:number start-at attribute 2011-06-08 20:41:08 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified XPath / XQuery / XSLT XSLT 3.0 Recommendation PC Windows NT CLOSED FIXED P2 normal --- 1 mike mike public-qt-comments oldest_to_newest 29793 0 mike 2009-11-30 15:56:27 +0000 A simple and useful addition to xsl:number would be an attribute start-at="expression" to control the first number in the numbering sequence (defaulting to 1). Useful for example where numbering is to run across the documents in a collection: <xsl:iterate select="collection('chapters')"> <xsl:param name="first-fig" select="1"/> <xsl:apply-templates> <xsl:with-param name="first-fig" select="$first-fig" tunnel="yes"/> </xsl:apply-templates> ... <xsl:next-iteration> <xsl:param name="first-fig" select="$first-fig + count(.//figure)"/> </xsl:next-iteration> </xsl:iterate> <xsl:template match="figure"> <xsl:param name="first-fig" tunnel="yes"/> Figure <xsl:number level="any" start-at="$first-fig"/> </xsl:template> Requirement extrapolated from a question on xsl-list today. 36945 1 mike 2010-07-16 11:32:03 +0000 Accepted in principle. Noted that the parameter may be a sequence of integers, one for each level in the numbering hierarchy. Need error conditions if the value is the wrong type, etc. 46952 2 mike 2011-03-24 13:45:48 +0000 Status: this feature is in the current draft. 49340 3 mike 2011-06-08 20:40:53 +0000 Closing this on the grounds that we have a design in the current working draft that meets the requirements.