Example using xsl:value-of and xsl:template

<xsl:template match="cd">
<pre> 
<xsl:value-of select="artist"/>: <em><xsl:value-of select="title"/></em>
</pre>
</xsl:template>

• Built-in template used for cdlist
• Only template needed if XML data island in IE6
• Each cd node outputs artist and title

< xsl:value-of select="" />

• Extracts text from the Source Tree and generates a text node to place in the Output Tree
• select attribute defines the path to the element or attribute value in the Source Tree
• Text node generated concatenates any text before or after the text node
• Each CD node generates output:

<pre>
anartist: <em>atitle</em>
</pre>

Result