Consider this fragment:
<r:recipe> <dc:title>Recipe Title</dc:title> <r:name>Recipe Name</r:name>... </r:recipe>
How are these three different?
<xsl:variable name="title" select="(r:name|dc:title)[1]"/>
<xsl:variable name="title">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="r:name"><xsl:copy-of select="r:name"/></xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise><xsl:copy-of select="dc:title"/></xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:variable>
<xsl:variable name="title"
select="if (r:name) then r:name else dc:title"/>