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I'm sure this is a very straightforward task, but I'm missing something fundamental about the identity transformation. I want to copy an xml file exactly except if nodeX lacks a childY write element Y. The consensus on the identity transform suggested something like this: xsl file identity.xsl <xsl:template match="node()|@*"> <xsl:copy> <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/> </xsl:copy> </xsl:template> xsl file intended transformation.xsl <xsl:import href="identity.xsl"/> <xsl:template match="//snotes:SourceNote[not(snotes:sourceDate)]"> <xsl:element name="sourceDate"><xsl:text>0000-00-00</xsl:text></xsl:element> </xsl:template> IE: copy all elements complete, except where //snotes:SourceNote has no snotes:sourceDate child. In that case, write a snotes:sourceDate element with the value 0000-00-00. Anyone willing to point out the obvious to the naive?
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