Specifying Patterns for the match Attribute

Matching the root node:

   <xsl:template match="/">
    ...
   </xsl:template>

Matching elements:

   <xsl:template match="student">
    ...
   </xsl:template>

Matching children:

   <xsl:template match="course/student">
    ...
   </xsl:template>

   <xsl:template match="course/*/name">
    ...
   </xsl:template>

Matching Element descendants:

   <xsl:template match="course//name">
    ...
   </xsl:template>