for-each and select="."
File: Data.xml <?xml version="1.0"?> <root ref="rootref" name="blue"> <glossary> <item ref="blue" name="rootref">rootref</item> </glossary> <glossary> <item ref="itemref" name="itemref">itemref</item> </glossary> </root> File: Transform.xslt <?xml version="1.0"?> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> <xsl:template match="/"> <xsl:for-each select="root/node1/node2/node3"> <xsl:value-of select="." /> </xsl:for-each> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet>