Default XSLT Rules

1.    <xsl:template match="/ | *">
         <xsl:apply-templates/>
      </xsl:template>

2.    <xsl:template match="text()">
         <xsl:value-of select="."/>
      </xsl:template>

3.   <xsl:template match="@">
         <xsl:value-of select="."/>
      </xsl:template>

4.   <xsl:template match="comment()"/>
 
5.   <xsl:template match="processing-instruction()"/>

Style-sheet with no explicit rules:

   <?xml version="1.0"?> 
   <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" 
                   xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
   </xsl:stylesheet>

Output File (applied to students.xml):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

  Programming XML in Java
  John Punin
  
    John Smith
    30
    70
    80
    85
  
  
    George Lucas
    80
    90
    100
    40
  
  
    Elizabeth Roberts
    60
    95
    50
    90