Numbering Output

  <xsl:template match="composition">
    <h3><xsl:number value="position()"/>.
      <a name="{generate-id()}">
        <xsl:value-of select="title"/>
      </a>
    </h3>

    <ul>
     <xsl:if test="string(date)">
       <li><xsl:value-of select="date"/></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:apply-templates select="description"/></p>    
    
  </xsl:template>

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

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