Numbering Output

  <xsl:template match="composition">
    <h3>
      <xsl:number value="position()"/>.
      <xsl:value-of select="name"/> 
      by <xsl:value-of select="composer"/> 
    </h3>

    <ul>
     <xsl:if test="string(date)">
       <!--not Y10K safe! -->
       <li><xsl:value-of select="substring(date,2,4)"/></li>
     </xsl:if>
     <xsl:if test="string(length)">
       <li><xsl:value-of select="length"/></li>
     </xsl:if>
     <xsl:if test="string(instruments)">
       <li><xsl:value-of select="instruments"/></li>
     </xsl:if>
     <xsl:if test="string(publisher)">
       <li><xsl:value-of select="publisher"/></li>
     </xsl:if>    
    </ul>

    <p><xsl:value-of select="description"/></p>    
    
  </xsl:template>

• The xsl:number element has a variety of attributes to determine number style, what's numbered, where numbering starts, and so forth

• The position() function returns the position of the current node in the context node list