Brad Cox wrote:
> I'm baffled by how to build an xslt stylesheet that recognizes 
> specified elements while passing those not specified through 
> unchanged.

All you need to do is learn to use xsl:copy.

The identity transformation (a recursive copy of the source tree to the result
tree) is in the XSLT spec itself. Section 7.5, "Copying"

<xsl:template match="@*|node()">
  <xsl:copy>
    <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
  </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

Add to this your templates to do special things with your special nodes, and
make sure they end with an xsl:apply-templates so that the children get
processed.

   - Mike
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