Xpath / xslt to determine node context index relative to all nodes with the same name?

Question

Given the scheme below - using the “query” node as the context, is it possible to use xpath / xslt to determine the index of this “query” node with respect to all the “queries” of the nodes in the document (and not by position () relative to its immediate brothers and sisters).

TIA

Jeff

<section>
    <name>About</name>
    <link>about</link>
    <questions>
        <question>
            <query>Question 1</query>
            <answer>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. In cursus, elit id lacinia semper, ligula nunc rhoncus ante, in euismod tortor nibh dictum tellus.</answer>
        </question>
    </questions>
</section>

<section>
    <name>Contact</name>
    <link>contact</link>
    <questions>
        <question>
            <query>Question 1</query>
            <answer>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. In cursus, elit id lacinia semper, ligula nunc rhoncus ante, in euismod tortor nibh dictum tellus.</answer>
        </question>
        <question>
            <query>Question 2</query>
            <answer>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. In cursus, elit id lacinia semper, ligula nunc rhoncus ante, in euismod tortor nibh dictum tellus.</answer>
        </question>
    </questions>
</section>

Answer 1

Using

count(preceding::question)+1

This conversion performs an exhaustive test :

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
 xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
 <xsl:output method="text"/>

 <xsl:variable name="vQs" select="//question"/>

 <xsl:template match="/">
  <xsl:for-each select="$vQs">
    <xsl:value-of select=
    "count(preceding::question)+1"/>
    <xsl:text> </xsl:text>
  </xsl:for-each>
 </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

When the above conversion is applied to the following XML document :

<t>
    <section>
        <name>About</name>
        <link>about</link>
        <questions>
            <question>
                <query>Question 1</query>
                <answer>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. In cursus, elit id lacinia semper, ligula nunc rhoncus ante, in euismod tortor nibh dictum tellus.</answer>
            </question>
            <question>
                <query>Question 2</query>
                <answer>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. In cursus, elit id lacinia semper, ligula nunc rhoncus ante, in euismod tortor nibh dictum tellus.</answer>
            </question>
        </questions>
    </section>
    <section>
        <name>Contact</name>
        <link>contact</link>
        <questions>
            <question>
                <query>Question 3</query>
                <answer>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. In cursus, elit id lacinia semper, ligula nunc rhoncus ante, in euismod tortor nibh dictum tellus.</answer>
            </question>
            <question>
                <query>Question 4</query>
                <answer>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. In cursus, elit id lacinia semper, ligula nunc rhoncus ante, in euismod tortor nibh dictum tellus.</answer>
            </question>
            <question>
                <query>Question 5</query>
                <answer>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. In cursus, elit id lacinia semper, ligula nunc rhoncus ante, in euismod tortor nibh dictum tellus.</answer>
            </question>
        </questions>
    </section>
</t>

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