match an element
File: Data.xml <?xml version="1.0"?> <people> <person born="1912" died="1954"> <name> <first_name>A</first_name> <last_name>B</last_name> </name> <profession>C</profession> <profession>D</profession> <profession>E</profession> </person> <person born="2008" died="2008"> <name> <first_name>F</first_name> <middle_initial>G</middle_initial> <last_name>H</last_name> </name> <profession>I</profession> <hobby>J</hobby> </person> </people> File: Transform.xslt <?xml version="1.0"?> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> <xsl:template match="person">A Person</xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> Output: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> A Person A Person