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File: Data.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<names>
  <name title="editor">
    <last>A</last>
    <first>P</first>
  </name>
  <name>
    <last>B</last>
    <first>J</first>
  </name>
  <name>
    <last>S</last>
    <first>C</first>
  </name>
  <name>
    <last>T</last>
    <first>J</first>
  </name>
</names>


File: Transform.xslt
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
  <xsl:output method="text" />

  <xsl:template match="child::names">
    <xsl:text>The editors of the XML recommendation were:</xsl:text>
    <xsl:text> </xsl:text>
    <xsl:apply-templates select="child::name[@title = 'editor']" />
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Output:

The editors of the XML recommendation were: 
    A
    P