Hi,

You can do that with a schema aware XSLT 2.0 processor like Saxon 8 SA
from Saxonica for instance. See below a working sample.

test.xsd

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <xs:complexType name="person">
    <xs:sequence>
      <xs:element name="name"/>
    </xs:sequence>
  </xs:complexType>

  <xs:element name="father" type="person"/>
  <xs:element name="mother" type="person"/>

  <xs:element name="test">
    <xs:complexType>
      <xs:sequence maxOccurs="unbounded">
        <xs:any/>
      </xs:sequence>
    </xs:complexType>
  </xs:element>

</xs:schema>


test.xml

<test>
  <father>
    <name>test1</name>
  </father>
  <mother>
    <name>test2</name>
  </mother>
</test>

test.xsl

<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"
  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
  <xsl:import-schema schema-location="test.xsd"/>

  <xsl:template match="/">
    <result><xsl:apply-templates/></result>
  </xsl:template>

  <!-- Match on any element that has the type person -->
  <xsl:template match="element(*, person)">
    <xsl:copy-of select="."></xsl:copy-of>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Result:
<?xml version="1.0"
encoding="UTF-8"?><result><father><name>test1</name></father><mother><name>test2</name></mother></result>

Best Regards,
George
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