match element with certain attribute value
File: Data.xml <employees> <employee hireDate="04/23/1999" officer="yes"> <last>A</last> <first>B</first> <salary>100000</salary> </employee> <employee hireDate="09/01/1998" officer="no"> <last>C</last> <first>D</first> <salary>95000</salary> </employee> <employee hireDate="08/20/2000"> <last>E</last> <first>F</first> <salary>89000</salary> </employee> </employees> File: Transform.xslt <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0"> <xsl:output method="xml" omit-xml-declaration="yes" indent="no" /> <xsl:template match="employee[@hireDate='10/16/2000']" /> </xsl:stylesheet> Output: A B 100000 C D 95000 E F 89000