Added note explaining the conflict

xproc · Jan 5, 2025 · fe8b617 · fe8b617
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           global context item is absent.</para>
       </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
+
+    <note>
+      <para>As a consequence of these rules, it is not possible for XProc to invoke an XSLT 3.0 stylesheet
+      with an <emphasis>empty</emphasis> global context item <emphasis>and simultaneously</emphasis>
+      process a single input document.</para>
+    </note>
+
     <para>The <option>populate-default-collection</option> option is used to control whether all
     the documents appearing on <port>source</port> port form the default collection for the XSLT
     transformation.</para>