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If you want to include descendants of the node, you have to explicitly request their templates
<![CDATA[
File: Data.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<data>
<AAA id="a1" pos="start">
<BBB id="b1"/>
<BBB id="b2"/>
</AAA>
<AAA id="a2">
<BBB id="b3"/>
<BBB id="b4"/>
<CCC id="c1">
<DDD id="d1"/>
</CCC>
<BBB id="b5">
<CCC id="c2"/>
</BBB>
</AAA>
</data>
File: Transform.xslt
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet
version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="/data">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="AAA">
<div style="color:purple">
<xsl:value-of select="name()"/>
<xsl:text> id=</xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="@id"/>
</div>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="BBB">
<div style="color:blue">
<xsl:value-of select="name()"/>
<xsl:text> id=</xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="@id"/>
</div>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="CCC">
<div style="color:maroon">
<xsl:value-of select="name()"/>
<xsl:text> id=</xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="@id"/>
</div>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="DDD">
<div style="color:green">
<xsl:value-of select="name()"/>
<xsl:text> id=</xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="@id"/>
</div>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<div style="color:purple">AAA id=a1</div>
<div style="color:blue">BBB id=b1</div>
<div style="color:blue">BBB id=b2</div>
<div style="color:purple">AAA id=a2</div>
<div style="color:blue">BBB id=b3</div>
<div style="color:blue">BBB id=b4</div>
<div style="color:maroon">CCC id=c1</div>
<div style="color:green">DDD id=d1</div>
<div style="color:blue">BBB id=b5</div>
<div style="color:maroon">CCC id=c2</div>
]]>