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1. XML Tutorial
2. XSLT stylesheet
3. output

File: Data.xml
<chapter>
  <title>The Chapter</title>
  <sect1>
    <title>First Section</title>
    <figure>
      <title>First picture in book</title>
      <graphic fileref="pic1.jpg" />
    </figure>
  </sect1>
</chapter>

File: Transform.xslt


<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
  version="1.0">
  <xsl:output method="text" />

  <xsl:strip-space elements="*" />

  <xsl:template match="sect2[figure]">
    <xsl:value-of select="title" />
    [
    <xsl:apply-templates />
    ]
  </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Output:

The ChapterFirst SectionFirst picture in book