select="../@attribute"
File: Data.xml <wine grape="Cabernet Sauvignon"> <winery>Los Vascos</winery> <year>1998</year> <prices> <list>13.99</list> <discounted>11.99</discounted> <case>143.50</case> </prices> </wine> File: Transform.xslt <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0"> <xsl:template match="prices"> parent element's grape: <xsl:value-of select="../@grape" /> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> Output: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> Los Vascos 1998 parent element's grape: Cabernet Sauvignon