template match="/"
File: Data.xml <?xml version="1.0"?> <start_date xmlns="http://www.java2s.com">1999-07-25</start_date> File: Transform.xslt <?xml version="1.0"?> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> <xsl:template match="/"> <xsl:copy-of select="*"/> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> Output: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><start_date xmlns="http://www.java2s.com">1999-07-25</start_date>