xsl:attribute generates elements
File: Data.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <data> <color>blue</color> <color>navy</color> <color>green</color> <color>lime</color> <color>red</color> </data> 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:template match="color"> <TABLE> <TR> <TD> <xsl:attribute name="style"><xsl:text>color:</xsl:text><xsl:value-of select="."/></xsl:attribute> <xsl:value-of select="."/> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> Output: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <TABLE><TR><TD style="color:blue">blue</TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE><TR><TD style="color:navy">navy</TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE><TR><TD style="color:green">green</TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE><TR><TD style="color:lime">lime</TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE><TR><TD style="color:red">red</TD></TR></TABLE>