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File: Data.xml

<names>
    <name>John</name>
    <name>Josua</name>
    <name>Charles</name>
    <name>Alice</name>
    <name>Martha</name>
    <name>George</name>
</names>

File: Transform.xslt

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

    <xsl:template match="/">
      <TABLE>
        <xsl:apply-templates select="//name">
          <xsl:sort order="descending" select="."/>
        </xsl:apply-templates>
      </TABLE>
    </xsl:template>
    <xsl:template match="name">
      <TR>
        <td>
          <xsl:value-of select="."/>
        </TH>
      </TR>
    </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Output:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><TABLE><TR><td>Martha</TH></TR><TR><td>Josua</TH></TR><TR><td>John</TH></TR><TR><td>George</TH></TR><TR><td>Charles</TH></TR><TR><td>Alice</TH></TR></TABLE>