sort by attribute
File: Data.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="Transform.xslt" ?> <neighbours> <planet name="Venus"> <description> description </description> <positionFromSun>2</positionFromSun> <diameter> 12104 km (7505 miles)</diameter> <moons> 0</moons> <meanTemp> 482C (900F)</meanTemp> <oneDay> 243.01 earth days</oneDay> <oneYear> 224.7 earth days</oneYear> </planet> </neighbours> File: Transform.xslt <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> <xsl:output method="html" version="4.0" indent="yes"/> <xsl:template match="neighbours"> <html> <head> <title>Sorted planets</title> </head> <body> <h1>My sorted list of planets</h1> <xsl:apply-templates> <xsl:sort select="@name" order="descending"/> </xsl:apply-templates> </body> </html> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> Output: <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Sorted planets</title> </head> <body> <h1>My sorted list of planets</h1> description 2 12104 km (7505 miles) 0 482C (900F) 243.01 earth days 224.7 earth days </body> </html>