how to include attribute in XML tag

[zoom007]

I'm transforming one xml document to another using a stylesheet.
1.) I would like to know how to include an attribute with a value in a tag, eg. how do I transform
<tag1>hey</tag1> to
<tag1 value1 ="1" value2="text">h ey</tag1>

2.)the root tag of the xml document i'm transforming has an attribute.how do I instruct the XSL to retrieve data from a child of this tag using <xsl:template > element and/or <xsl:apply-templates>?

Any ideas would be much appreciated. Thanks y'all!

[jkmyoung]

2.)the root tag of the xml document i'm transforming has an attribute.how do I instruct the XSL to retrieve data from a child of this tag using <xsl:template > element and/or <xsl:apply-templates>?

Any ideas would be much appreciated. Thanks y'all!

1.)

<xsl:template match="tag1">
<xsl:copy>
  <xsl:attribute name="value1">1</xsl:attribute>
  <xsl:attribute name="value2">text</xsl:attribute>
  <xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

2. Not sure what you mean, but guessing ?

<xsl:template match="/*">
  <xsl:value-of select="someChild"/>
</xsl:template>

[zoom007]

1.)

<xsl:template match="tag1">
<xsl:copy>
  <xsl:attribute name="value1">1</xsl:attribute>
  <xsl:attribute name="value2">text</xsl:attribute>
  <xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

2. Not sure what you mean, but guessing ?

<xsl:template match="/*">
  <xsl:value-of select="someChild"/>
</xsl:template>

Well thanks for the reply. I tried it and it didn't work. I think I wasn't too clear on my question, so I'll explain a little more.

I'm transforming one xml document into another, the root element in the old doc looks something like
<root xmlns = "http://www.blah/blah">
<element1>
<subelem>hell o</subelem>
<subelem2>there </subelem2>
</element1>
</root>

transformation needs to look like:

<new root xmlns:xsi="http ://www.ovaloffice" xmlns:fm="http://www.rest">
<newElem1>
<NewSub1>hell o</NewSub>
<NewSub2>ther e</NewSub2>
</newElem1>
</new root>

[jkmyoung]

the xmlns: attribute is actually a namespace.
Declare a namespace in your stylesheet tag, eg add: xmlns:nms="http ://www.blah/blah"
Everywhere you reference the node, use the namespace, eg as examples,
<xsl:template match="nms:root ">,
<xsl:value-of select="nms:sub elem"/>, and
<xsl:apply-templates select="nms:ele ment1"/>

One sample template:
<xsl:template match"nms:eleme nt1">
<newElem1>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</newElem1>
</xsl:template>

[zoom007]

the xmlns: attribute is actually a namespace.
Declare a namespace in your stylesheet tag, eg add: xmlns:nms="http ://www.blah/blah"
Everywhere you reference the node, use the namespace, eg as examples,
<xsl:template match="nms:root ">,
<xsl:value-of select="nms:sub elem"/>, and
<xsl:apply-templates select="nms:ele ment1"/>

One sample template:
<xsl:template match"nms:eleme nt1">
<newElem1>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</newElem1>
</xsl:template>

jkmyoung, I really appreciate your help.I tried your suggestion,but I still cant get what I want. I dont know what I'm doing wrong.here's the stylesheet and it's transformation

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:styleshe et version ="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http ://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:m="http://www.blah/blah">
<xsl:output method="xml" version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" indent="yes"/>
<xsl:template match ="/">
<new_root xmlns:lm="http://iou.cm">
<xsl:apply-templates/></new_root>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match ="m:element1 ">
<newElem1><xsl: value-of select="m:NewSu b1"/></newElem1>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

here's the output:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16" ?>
<new_root xmlns:m="http://www.blah/blah xmlns:lm="http://iou.cm">
<newElem1>hello </newElem1>
</new_root>


How can I remove xmlns:m ="http://www.blah/blah namespace ?
I dont want it to appear in there

[jkmyoung]

In the stylesheet element use attribute
exclude-result-prefixes="m"