set match mode to fulltext
File: Data.xml <?xml version="1.0"?> <Book> <Title>this is the title</Title> <Authors> <Author>A</Author> <Author>B</Author> <Author>C</Author> </Authors> <Year>2007</Year> <Chapters> <Chapter number="1" title="title 1">chapter 1</Chapter> <Chapter number="2" title="title 2">chapter 2</Chapter> <Chapter number="3" title="title 3">chapter 3</Chapter> <Chapter number="4" title="title 4">chapter 4</Chapter> <Chapter number="5" title="title 5">chapter 5</Chapter> </Chapters> </Book> File: Transform.xslt <?xml version="1.0"?> <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0"> <xsl:template match="Chapter" mode="fulltext"> <h3> <xsl:value-of select="@number" />. <xsl:value-of select="@title" /> </h3> <paragraph> <xsl:value-of select="." /> </paragraph> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> Output: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> this is the title A B C 2007 chapter 1 chapter 2 chapter 3 chapter 4 chapter 5