> is there an expression to select all the children except one ?
> something as : <xsl:apply-templates select="* and not( caption)"/>

<xsl:apply-templates select="*[not(self::caption)]"/>

Strictly this processes all the child ELEMENTS except the caption elements;
if you want all the child NODES except the caption elements write:

<xsl:apply-templates select="node()[not(self::caption)]"/>

Mike Kay
Software AG


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