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File: Data.xml
<?xml-stylesheet href="Transform.xslt" type="text/xsl"?>
<state member="true" xmlns="http://www.java2s.com">Belgium</state>


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:output method="xml" indent="yes" encoding="US-ASCII" />

  <xsl:template match="@*|node()">
    <xsl:copy>
      <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()" />
    </xsl:copy>
  </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Output:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="US-ASCII"?>
<?xml-stylesheet?><state xmlns="http://www.java2s.com" member="true">Belgium</state>