Use the standard XSLT coding pattern: for each element, write a template
rule that recurses downwards to process its children. Except when you don't
want to process the children:

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

<xsl:template match="endNote"/>

In fact, the only rule you need explicitly is the one for endNote; for all
the other nodes, the default built-in template rule does the right thing.

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

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Black [mailto:andy_black@xxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 11 March 2009 21:25
> To: XSL List
> Subject:  [Fwd: Text from mixed content but not all 
> embedded elements]
> 
> I have a situation with an XML portion like the following:
> 
> <secTitle>Complements of <langData lang="lVernacular">le'e</langData>
> and other arguments<endnote id="nhabby">
>       <p>We wish to thank those who helped us.</p> </endnote> 
> </secTitle>
> 
> 
> Using XSLT 1.0, I want to output the text of all but what is in the 
> embedded <endnote> element.  That is, the text output I want is
> 
>     Complements of le'e and other arguments
> 
> I know that if I use <xsl:copy-of select="text()"/> I can get 
> all of the 
> text nodes, but I want to limit it to all but what is within the 
> <endnote> element.
> 
> Is there a way to do this in XSLT 1.0?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> --Andy