I-Lin Kuo wrote:
> My identity transform below is picking up processing instructions and 
> comments,
> but I'd like to remove them
> 
> <xsl:template match="node()|@*">
>    <xsl:copy><xsl:apply-templates/></xsl:copy>
> </xsl:template>

It's not truly an identity transform, because it's not selecting
attribute nodes for processing; attributes are effectively being
ignored.
 
> I can do it with an xsl:if inside, but is there anything more elegant than 
> this:
> 
> <xsl:template match="node()|@*">
>    <xsl:if test="not(self::processing-instruction() or self::comment()">
>      <xsl:copy><xsl:apply-templates/></xsl:copy>
>    </xsl:if>
> </xsl:template>

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

<xsl:template match="processing-instruction()|comment()"/>


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