Create node set and pass as a parameter

Question

Using XSLT 1.0, I\'m trying to essentially create a small node set and then pass it as a parameter to a template, something like the following:

Answer 1

Well, I managed to get around this in the following way:

First add a custom namespace to your stylesheet, e.g. xmlns:myns="http://my.ns.com"

Then define the nodeset at the top of the stylesheet:

    widget.recent-posts.trim-length=100
    widget.recent-posts.how-many=3
    widget.recent-posts.show-excerpt

Then reference in the following way:

This works, but it would still be ideal for me to define the node-set within the tag itself, as in the first example I gave.. anyone think that would be possible?