Thanks. much better. The <xsl:template match="*">  seems to fit my
needs.

I have run into another problem,

1) how do I call the * template?

I'm need  to convert all tags (other than those with special handling)
of the form
<A>1234<A>

to

<TAG>
<NAME>A</NAME>
<VALUE>1234</VALUE>
</TAG>

<xsl:template match="INPUT">
<NEW>
   <A><xsl:value-of select="A"/></A>
   <B><xsl:value-of select="B"/></B>
    <xsl:apply-templates select="* />
    <xsl:apply-templates select="SPECIAL" />
</NEW>
</xsl:template>
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I must have the special handling tag after the * handling.

2) The * template is included below. Is it correct to say node() to get
the node name?
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<xsl:template match="*">
   <xsl:variable name="tag_value">
      <xsl:value-of select="."/>
   </xsl:variable>
   <FEATURE>
       <MNEMONIC><xsl:value-of select='node()'/></MNEMONIC>
       <VALUE><xsl:value-of select="$tag_value"/></VALUE>
   </FEATURE>
</xsl:template>
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