XML/XSLT stylesheet/abbreviation

apply-templates select="*"

File: Data.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
 
<start_date xmlns="http://www.wbex.ru">1999-07-25</start_date>
File: Transform.xslt
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
  <xsl:template match="/">
    <xsl:apply-templates select="*"/>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>1999-07-25

for-each select="@*"

File: Data.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
 
<start_date xmlns="http://www.wbex.ru">1999-07-25</start_date>
File: Transform.xslt
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
  <xsl:template match="*">
    <xsl:copy>
      <xsl:for-each select="@*">
        <xsl:copy/>
      </xsl:for-each>
      <xsl:apply-templates/>
    </xsl:copy>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><start_date xmlns="http://www.wbex.ru">1999-07-25</start_date>

template match="/"

File: Data.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
 
<start_date xmlns="http://www.wbex.ru">1999-07-25</start_date>
File: Transform.xslt
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
  xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
  <xsl:template match="/">
    <xsl:copy-of select="*"/>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><start_date xmlns="http://www.wbex.ru">1999-07-25</start_date>