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File: Data.xml <html> <body> <table> <tr> <td>A</td> <td>B</td> <td>100000</td> <td>4/23/1999</td> </tr> <tr> <td>C</td> <td>D</td> <td>95000</td> <td>09/01/1998</td> </tr> <tr> <td>E</td> <td>F</td> <td>97000</td> <td>10/16/2000</td> </tr> </table> </body> </html> 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="table"> <employees> <xsl:apply-templates /> </employees> </xsl:template> <xsl:template match="tr"> <employee hireDate="{td[4]}"> <last> <xsl:value-of select="td[1]" /> </last> <first> <xsl:value-of select="td[2]" /> </first> <salary> <xsl:value-of select="td[3]" /> </salary> </employee> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> Output: <employees> <employee hireDate="4/23/1999"><last>A</last><first>B</first><salary>100000</salary></employee> <employee hireDate="09/01/1998"><last>C</last><first>D</first><salary>95000</salary></employee> <employee hireDate="10/16/2000"><last>E</last><first>F</first><salary>97000</salary></employee> </employees>