Ken and George, thanks for both your great replies.
I think I understand the process a bit better, and hopefully my terminology
will improve over time!
One last question - If I wanted to get the attribute applied to only
specific elements within the node, woudl I be better with a xsl:choose? or
a select?
<top.level.node attributeX="123456">
<next element attributeXYZ="654321">
<next2element attributeX="123456"> this is some
text</next2element>
<next2element attributeX="123456"> this is some more text
</next2element>
</nextelement>
</top.level.node>
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