Write an identity template:

<xsl:template match="*">
  <xsl:copy><xsl:copy-of select="@*"/><xsl:apply-templates/></xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

and override it for "output" elements:

<xsl:template match="output">
  <xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Munat [mailto:bent@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 03 October 2004 23:47
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  remove certain elements but keep children
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm writing an app that aggregates html into a single doc. 
> The chunks of 
> html are put into the new document wrapped in "output" tags. These 
> output tags can be intermingled with html tags.
> 
> I'm trying to come up with an xpath or xsl template(s) that 
> will remove 
> the output tags, while leaving their child html and without producing 
> duplicate content.
> 
> Here's an example doc:
> 
> <output>
> 	<div>
> 		<output>
> 			<h1>a header</h1>
> 			<p>some stuff</p>
> 			<output>
> 				<div>
> 					<p>foo bar</p>
> 				</div>
> 			</output>
> 			<p>more html</p>
> 		</output>
> 	</div>
> 	<p>some html</p>
> </output>
> 
> And I want it to be:
> 
> <div>
> 	<h1>a header</h1>
> 	<p>some stuff</p>
> 		<div>
> 			<p>foo bar</p>
> 		</div>
> 		<p>more html</p>
> </div>
> <p>some html</p>
> 
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> Ben