<xsl:template match="item[@xlink:type='simple']">
<a><xsl:attribute name="href"><xsl:value-of
select="@xlink:href"/></xsl:attribute><xsl:value-of select="."/></a>
</xsl:template>

Why not just
<a href="{@xlink:href}"><xsl:value-of select="."/></a>

It work fine. But now assume that "item" replaced to more abstract tissue as
"node()" and <xsl:value-of select="."/> turned into <xsl:apply-templates
select="."/>. As result - stack overflow (first template call itself because
it have higher priority). Is here exist elegant way to solve this task?

<xsl:template match="item[@xlink:type='simple']">
	<a href="{@xlink:href}">
		<xsl:apply-templates select="." mode="proccess-me-again"/>
	</a>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="item" mode="proccess-me-again">
	...
</xsl:template>

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Oleg Tkachenko
Multiconn International, Israel