Get value of element
File: Data.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Persons> <Person> <FirstName>A</FirstName> <LastName>B</LastName> </Person> <Person> <FirstName>C</FirstName> <LastName>D</LastName> </Person> <Person> <FirstName>E</FirstName> <LastName>F</LastName> </Person> </Persons> File: Transform.xslt <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0"> <xsl:template match="/"> <Persons> <xsl:apply-templates select="/Persons/Person" /> </Persons> </xsl:template> <xsl:template match="Person"> <xsl:copy> <xsl:attribute name="FirstName"> <xsl:value-of select="FirstName" /> </xsl:attribute> <xsl:attribute name="LastName"> <xsl:value-of select="LastName" /> </xsl:attribute> </xsl:copy> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> Output: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Persons><Person FirstName="A" LastName="B"/><Person FirstName="C" LastName="D"/><Person FirstName="E" LastName="F"/></Persons>