RE: transformation of narrative documents with nested

> Try changing the templates for "bold" and "emph" to:
> 
> <xsl:template match="bold">
>    <strong><xsl:apply-templates select="."/></strong>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> <xsl:template match="emph">
>    <i><xsl:apply-templates select="."/></i>
> </xsl:template>
> 

The select="." looks wrong - it will cause the template to invoke itself.
You just want <xsl:apply-templates/>, so it processes its children.

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