XSLT Duplicate Elimination

<xsl:stylesheet>
  <xsl:key name="xyz" match="record[x/y/z]" use="x/y/z" />
  <xsl:variable name="noxyzdups" select="/path/to/record[generate-id(.) = generate-id(key('xyz', x/y/z))]" />
...
  <xsl:template ... >
    <xsl:copy-of "exslt:node-set($noxyzdups)" />
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

x/y/z is the xpath expression that you want made unique. It can be concat(x,'-',@y,'-',z) or whatever you want.