Try:

<xsl:template match="short/parameter">%s</xsl:template>

and

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

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

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Meyer, Roland [mailto:roland.meyer@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 26 September 2005 08:45
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  RE: How to transform an embedded node into text
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have to transform an XML file into another one and have the 
> following
> problem. The source XML looks like this:
> 
> <root>
> <short>Some text.
> 	
> Description for the next node: <parameter id="8"
> value="bldInvntryBladeIndex"/> 
> Some other text <parameter id="9" value="trapVbPrimaryBladeIndex"/> 
> And again some different text: <parameter id="10"
> value="stm1CfgStm1Index"/>
> </short>
> </root>
> 
> 
> The destination XML file should look like:
> 
> <root>
> <short>Some text.
> 	
> Description for the next node: %s 
> Some other text %s 
> And again some different text: %s
> </short>
> </root>
> 
> 
> Is there a way to transform the "parameter" nodes in the embedded text
> of node "short" into another text?
> 
> 
> Best Regards,
> Roland