Getting the parent node attributes in XSL

Question

In my XML I have the following:

  
    
      
        
          someResult         


        

Answer 1

Use:

ancestor::c[1]/@something

This selects the attribute named something of the first (from the current node upwards) ancestor named c.

Answer 2

To move up the tree you use ".." per level ie in this instance probably

select="../../../@something"

You can also select an ancestor node by name (approx)

select="ancestor::c[1]/@something"  

See http://www.stackoverflow.com/questions/3672992 for further examples