> 
> On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 14:51, Varley, Roger wrote:
> > > 
> > > <xsl:template match="//note">
> > >   <li>
> > >     <xsl:apply-templates/>
> > >   </li>
> > > </xsl:template>
> > > 
> > 
> > Oh rats! Just when I thought I'd got my head around XSLT. 
> 
> Gin and tonic required?
> 
> > Would you explain why this works, in particular why it prints only
> > the values of the <note> elements 
> 
> Because that's what it says it will do. The template
> will match every note in the document, at any depth
> or location, and for each one, output a LI element
> containing the value of the note.

Sorry - I wasn't being very clear. I was suprised to get output without an <xsl:value-of select="."/>

> 
> > and no blank lines for the <sub1> <sub2 .... elements 
> 
> Because there's nothing there to do that. Where did you
> want space to appear? 
> 

I was expecting the standard default template to be invoked for the <sub1> <sub2> elements because there is no template provided to match them.

Regards
Roger
 

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