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copied!<p>Your code seems to be okay, but the same thing can be expressed simpler.</p> <pre><code><xsl:for-each select="//book[price &lt; 30]"> <xsl:if test="title[@category='fiction']"> <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold"><xsl:value-of select="title"/></span><br /> <span style="color:red;font-style:italic"><xsl:value-of select="author[1]" /></span> <xsl:if test="author[2]"> <span style="color:red;font-style:italic"> et al</span> </xsl:if> <br /> <span><xsl:value-of select="price"/></span><br /> </xsl:if> </xsl:for-each> </code></pre> <p>The above is shorter than your code, but it's not very elegant. This is better.</p> <pre><code><xsl:template match="/"> <xsl:apply-templates select="//book[price &lt; 30 and @category='fiction']" /> </xsl:template> <xsl:template match="book"> <div class="book"> <div class="title"><xsl:value-of select="title"/></div> <div class="author"> <xsl:value-of select="author[1]" /><xsl:if test="author[2]"> et al</xsl:if> </div> <div class="price"><xsl:value-of select="price"/></div> </div> </xsl:template> </code></pre> <ul> <li>Write generic templates that can display every book, like this one.</li> <li>Use them via <code><xsl:apply-templates></code> instead of repeating yourself with <code><xsl:for-each></code>.</li> <li>Use CSS to style the output. Inline styles are ugly.</li> </ul>

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