File: Data.xml
<poem>
<verse>line 1</verse>
<verse>line 2</verse>
<picture picfile="squadron" />
<verse>line 3</verse>
<verse>line 4</verse>
<verse>line 5</verse>
<picture picfile="ceres" />
</poem>
File: Transform.xslt
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
version="1.0">
<xsl:output method="html" />
<xsl:template match="poem">
<html>
<body>
<xsl:apply-templates />
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="verse">
<p>
<xsl:apply-templates />
</p>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="picture">
<img src="{unparsed-entity-uri(@picfile)}" />
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Output:
<html>
<body>
<p>line 1</p>
<p>line 2</p>
<img src="">
<p>line 3</p>
<p>line 4</p>
<p>line 5</p>
<img src="">
</body>
</html>