RE: different first element in a list

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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com 
[mailto:owner-xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com] On Behalf Of 
Lorenzo De Tomasi
Sent: 22 February 2003 21:15
To: xsl-list
Subject: [xsl] different first element in a list


I have an Xml list, for esample this list of skills:

<skills>
    <skill mark="excellent" name="excellentskill">
    <skill mark="excellent" name="excellent skill">
    <skill mark="good" name="goodskill">
    <skill mark="good" name="goodskill">
    <skill mark="basic" name="basicskill">
    <skill mark="basic" name="basicskill">
    <skill mark="excellent" name="excellentskill">
    <skill mark="good" name="goodskill">
    <skill mark="basic" name="basicskill">
</skills>

and I want to list in groups based on 'mark' attribute:

excellentskill
excellentskill
excellentskill
goodskill
goodskill
goodskill
basicskill
basicskill
basicskill

rendering only the first element of each group in a different way:

<b>excellentskill</b>
excellentskill
excellentskill
<b>goodskill</b>
goodskill
goodskill
<b>basicskill</b>
basicskill
basicskill

How can I?

What I want to obtain is an xhtml list like this

excellent skills:   excellentskill
                    excellentskill
                    excellentskill
good skills:        goodskill
                    goodskill
                    goodskill
basic skills:       basicskill
                    basicskill
                    basicskill

using <div>s or <table>s

Thank you very much for your help :) 
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