Quick note here - I use this variation of the identity template below:

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

Brevity aside, this template also preserves comments and processing
instructions.

On another note related to the original post, is there an XSLT-based
Xupdate implementation available somewhere?

~ Scott


-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Kay [mailto:mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 8:05 AM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE:  Output input_xml apart from one tag change?

This is a standard pattern. An identity template:

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

supplemented by a template rule to change what you need to change

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

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


> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Smith [mailto:debrief@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 02 October 2007 13:57
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Output input_xml apart from one tag change?
>
> Hello,
>
>
> I have a large xml file and I only want to change a tiny part
> of it, and for the rest of the xml input I like to output
> just the way it is.
>
> How do I output everything as it is, but change only one
> descendant element somewhere deep in the tree?
>
>
> Thanks,
> J