This should solve the problem:

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

<xsl:template match="*[text() > '']">
	<xsl:value-of select="name()"/>: <xsl:apply-templates /><br/>
</xsl:template>

RESULT:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<p>

<p>
item: data1<br />
item2: data2<br />
</p>

<p>
item: data3<br />
item2: data4<br />
</p>

</p>

which is as required. [It is enclosed in an "extra" <p> because of the
<root> node]

Hope this helps,

Ben


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