create xlink in style sheet
File: Data.xml
<html>
<body>
<p>
Here is the
<a href="a.html">author</a>
</p>
</body>
</html>
File: Transform.xslt
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="1.0">
<xsl:output method="xml" omit-xml-declaration="yes" />
<xsl:template match="a">
<author xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="{@href}">
<xsl:apply-templates />
</author>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="p">
<para>
<xsl:apply-templates />
</para>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Output:
<para xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
Here is the
<author xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="a.html">author</author>
</para>
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