Nodes

xsl:value-of

<xsl:value-of select="element_name" [disable-output-escaping="<yes,no>"]/>

• Gets the value of a node
• Outputs the text value of the element as well as any child elements
• To output only the text value of the element (and not the child elements) use text() for the select attribute
  

• The value of the select attribute is an XPath expression
• If the select attribute matches more than one element, only the first element will be outputted

xsl:copy

<xsl:copy>...</xsl:copy>

• Shallow copy
• Copies the (current) context node (without attributes or child nodes)
  

xsl:copy-of

<xsl:copy-of select="expr"/>

• Deep copy
• Copies all attributes and descendant nodes for the specified node(s)

<!-- Identity template -->
<xsl:template match="/">
  <xsl:copy-of select="."/>
</xsl:template>

xsl:attribute

<xsl:attribute name="name">...</xsl:attribute>

• Adds an attribute

<xsl:attribute name="name">
    <xsl:value-of select="..." />
</xsl:attribute>