Yes, this conversion is both possible and simple.

<!-- flattener -->
<xsl:template match="recursiveSource">
 <flatTarget>
  ...
 </flatTarget>
 <xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>

(obviously if you wanted to keep the recursive structure you would put
the <xsl:apply-templates> *inside* the <flatTarget> element)

Francis.

> 
> Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 05:41:47 PDT
> From: "Alexander Stiefel" <a_stiefel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: XSLT and trees
> 
> hi,
> 
> I have a simple question, is it possible to convert a tree structure like a 
> product catalog with a unknown depth into a plain structure (mother-son) 
> using XSLT.
> I want to know if I can apply a kind of recursive algorithms to XML 
> structures.
> 
> 
> thanx alx

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