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File: Data.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<greeting>
  Hello, World!
</greeting>


File: Transform.xslt

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" 
  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

  <xsl:output method="html"/>

  <xsl:template match="/">
    <xsl:apply-templates select="greeting"/>
  </xsl:template>
  
  <xsl:template match="greeting">
    <html>
      <body>
        <h1>
          <xsl:value-of select="."/>
        </h1>
      </body>
    </html>
  </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Output:

<html>
   <body>
      <h1>
         Hello, World!
         
      </h1>
   </body>
</html>








4.10.Abbreivation
4.10.1.Wildcard "*" selects all possibilities
4.10.2."//" has two meanings
4.10.3.List the elements in an xml document
4.10.4.Count elements and attributes
4.10.5.template match="*" (asterisk)
4.10.6.template match="brand|name|units"
4.10.7.template match="/"
4.10.8.value-of select="."
4.10.9.Axis child:: can be be omitted from a location step as it is the default axis.
4.10.10... is short for parent::
4.10.11.// is short for /descendant-or-self::