XSLT identity transforms

identity-copy-2.xslt

  <!-- From http://ajwelch.blogspot.com/2008/01/identity-transform-for-xslt-20.html -->
  <xsl:template match="element()">
    <xsl:copy>
      <xsl:apply-templates select="@*,node()"/>
    </xsl:copy>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="attribute()|text()|comment()|processing-instruction()">
    <xsl:copy/>
  </xsl:template>

identity-copy-no-ns.xslt

  <!-- identity template without namespace nodes -->
  <xsl:template match="*">
    <xsl:element name="{ name() }">
      <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
    </xsl:element>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="@*|text()|comment()|processing-instruction()">
    <xsl:copy>
      <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
    </xsl:copy>
  </xsl:template>

identity-copy.xslt

  <!-- identity template -->
  <xsl:template match="@*|node()">
    <xsl:copy>
      <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
    </xsl:copy>
  </xsl:template>

identity-empty-elements.xslt

  <xsl:template match="*[count(node())=0]">
    <xsl:element name="{ name() }">
      <xsl:apply-templates select="@*"/>
    </xsl:element>
  </xsl:template>

identiy-copy-xquery.xq

declare function local:copy($element as element()) {
  element {node-name($element)}
    {$element/@*,
     for $child in $element/node()
        return if ($child instance of element())
          then local:copy($child)
          else $child
    }
};