disable-output-escaping="yes"
File: Data.xml <title>java2s</title> File: Transform.xslt <stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> <output method="xml" omit-xml-declaration="yes" /> <template match="/"> <publisher xmlns=""> <value-of select="title" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" /> <text disable-output-escaping="yes" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> & Associates</text> </publisher> </template> </stylesheet> Output: <publisher>java2s & Associates</publisher>