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 # Higher-Order XSLT
 hoxsl is a library for XSLT 2.0, written in pure XSLT, introducing
-various types of higher-order logic;  this includes higher-order
-functions and XSLT templates that take XSLT as input and produce XSLT
-as output.
+various higher-order operations;  this includes higher-order functions and
+XSLT templates that take XSLT as input and produce XSLT as output.
 
 The system is fully tested---see the test cases for additional
 documentation as this project gets under way.  This README will serve