Read about the "default rules" or "built-in template rules".

The XSLT 1.0 spec (http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#built-in-rule) says:

"There is a built-in template rule to allow recursive processing to continue
in the absence of a successful pattern match by an explicit template rule in
the stylesheet"

and

"There is also a built-in template rule for text and attribute nodes that
copies text through:
<xsl:template match="text()|@*">
  <xsl:value-of select="."/>
</xsl:template>"Most probably you have an xsl:apply-templates in your code
against a node-set some of whose nodes are not matched by templates in your
code. Then the built-in templates are instantiated/applied by the XSLT
processor. This is done in a recursive manner until text nodes are reached,
at which point the built-in template rule (for text and attribute nodes)
above copies the contents of the text nodes to the output.


=====
Cheers,

Dimitre Novatchev.
http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/ -- the home of FXSL



"Elijah Mori" <elijah@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:3E94E9D3.8080305@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Many apologies if this is a FAQ; I didn't find it when looking, but the
> FAQ at dpawson.co.uk is massive and I may have missed it.
>
> I have an xml source doc which I want to turn into an xhtml document
> with a form, inputs, labels and so forth. What is happening is that the
> contents of the elements in the xml document are turning up in the
> output and I can't understand why. I have simplified the xml and the xsl
> until there is almost nothing happening, and the element contents still
> come through.
>
> What can I do? Any help will be appreciated. (And if there is any way to
> deal with the bizarre spacing in the output document that would be
> appreciated too!)
>
> Best regards
> Eli
>
>
> Here are the two input docs and the output.
> xml:
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <form name="rateshop" action="backend/update-shop.php">
>    <shopid>
>    <label>Shop ID</label>
>      <input type="hidden"/>
>    </shopid>
>    <name>
>    <label>Name</label>
>      <input type="text"/>
>
>    </name>
>    <regionid>
>    <label>Region</label>
>      <input type="select" option="singlechoice"><option
> value="1">Hokkaido</option><option value="2">Aomori</option><option
> value="3">Iwate</option><option value="4">Miyagi</option><option
> value="5">Yamagata</option></input>
>
>    </regionid>
>    <city>
>    <label>City</label>
>      <input type="text"/>
>    </city>
>    <blockaddress>
>    <label>Block Address</label>
>      <input type="text"/>
>
>    </blockaddress>
>    <phonenumber>
>    <label>Phone Number</label>
>      <input type="text"/>
>    </phonenumber>
>    <openingtime>
>    <label>Opening Time</label>
>      <input type="select" option="singlechoice"><option
> value="10:00">10:00</option><option value="11:00">11:00</option><option
> value="12:00">12:00</option><option value="13:00">13:00</option><option
> value="14:00">14:00</option><option value="15:00">15:00</option>
>    </openingtime>
>    <closingtime>
>    <label>Closing Time</label>
>      <input type="select" option="singlechoice"><option
> value="00:00">00:00</option><option value="01:00">01:00</option><option
> value="02:00">02:00</option><option value="03:00">03:00</option><option
> value="04:00">04:00</option><option value="05:00">05:00</option><option
> value="23:00">23:00</option></input>
>
>    </closingtime>
>    <rating>
>    <label>Rating</label>
>      <input type="select" option="singlechoice">
>        <option>1</option>
>        <option>2</option>
>        <option>3</option>
>
>        <option>4</option>
>        <option>5</option>
>        <option>6</option>
>        <option>7</option>
>        <option>8</option>
>        <option>9</option>
>
>        <option>10</option>
>      </input>
>    </rating>
>    <userid>
>    <label>User ID</label>
>      <input id="userid" type="hidden"/>
>    </userid>
> </form>
>
>
> xslt:
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <xsl:stylesheet version =' 1.0'
> xmlns:xsl='http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform'>
>    <xsl:output
>      doctype-system='http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd'
>      doctype-public='-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN'
>      method='xml'
>      />
>
>    <xsl:output
>      encoding="iso-8859-1"
>      />
>
>      <xsl:template match='/'>
>        <html xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>
>          <head>
>            <title>Shop</title>
>            <link href='css/site.css' type='text/css' rel='stylesheet'/>
>          </head>
>          <body>
>            <xsl:apply-templates/>
>          </body>
>        </html>
>      </xsl:template>
>
>      <xsl:template match='form'>
>        <form>
>          <xsl:copy-of select='@*'/>
>          <xsl:apply-templates/>
>        </form>
>      </xsl:template>
>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
>
> output:
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"
> "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
>    <head>
>      <title>Shop</title>
>      <link href="css/site.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"/>
>
>    </head>
>    <body>
>      <form name="rateshop" action="backend/update-shop.php">
>
>    Shop ID
>
>
>
>    Name
>
>
>
>    Region
>      HokkaidoAomoriIwateMiyagiYamagata
>
>
>    City
>
>
>
>    Block Address
>
>
>
>    Phone Number
>
>
>
>    Opening Time
>      10:0011:0012:0013:0014:0015:00
>
>
>    Closing Time
>      00:0001:0002:0003:0004:0005:0023:00
>
>
>    Rating
>
>        1
>        2
>        3
>        4
>        5
>        6
>        7
>        8
>        9
>        10
>
>
>
>    User ID
>
>
> </form>
>    </body>
> </html>
>
>
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