The <xsl:copy> Element
The <xsl:copy> element enables you to copy a node from the source tree to the output tree. Note that this is a shallow copy, however, which does not copy any of the node’s descendents or attributes. This element has one attribute:
use-attribute-sets . Specifies the names of attribute sets to be applied to a created element. Set to a whitespace-separated list of QNames. You can use the attribute only when the context node is an element; see Chapter 6 for the details on attribute sets.
This element can contain a template body, which is used only when the node to copy is a root node or an element. Note that using <xsl:copy> does nothing when used on the root node, because the root of the output document is created automatically. ...
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