samppi wrote:
> I'm teaching myself XSLT right now, but, just as part of learning, I'm
> trying to figure out how one would transform a document an identical
> document.
> 
> This doesn't work:
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> <xsl:stylesheet version="2.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/
> Transform">
> 
> <xsl:template match="/">
> 
> <xsl:value-of select="/"/>

Well xsl:value-of outputs the string value of the selected node. If you 
want to copy the complete document then use
   <xsl:copy-of select="/"/>
instead. That copies everything the XSLT/XPath data model knows about.


You should also learn about the identity transformation template
   <xsl:template match="@* | node()">
     <xsl:copy>
       <xsl:apply-templates select="@* | node()"/>
     </xsl:copy>
   </xsl:template>
as that also copies everything but allows you to add templates to 
override the behaviour e.g. to change 'foo' elements to 'bar' elements 
you simply add
   <xsl:template match="foo">
     <bar>
       <xsl:apply-templates select="@* | node()"/>
     </bar>
   </xsl:template>



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