Ok, may be the question is too long. Let's put it in short words.
I have this document:

<xml version="1.0">
<root>
<myelement attr1="val">
   <myelement>
   </myelement>
</myelement>
</root>

A template that process "myelement" tag would be:

<xsl:template match="myelement">
found  element <value-of select="name(.)" />
</xsl:template>

This will process only the outer element and will never reach the inner one ! is there a way I can process the nested "myelement " ?

Doing
  <xsl:apply-templates/>
inside if your template should get you there.

Or you use
  <xsl:template match="root">
    <xsl:apply-templates select=".//myelement"/>
  </xsl:template>

	Martin Honnen
	http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/