<root>
<ol>
<li>first</li>
<li>second</li>
<ol>
<li>list2 item3</li>
<li>list2 item2</li>
<ol>
<li>list3 item1</li>
<li>list3 item2</li>
</ol>
</ol>
<li>third></li>
</ol>
</root>

The above is the part of my input file. The nested level of the <ol> is infinitive. I have to apply a template for each <ol> to convert to as <orderedlist>. ie. my output should come like the following


<root>
<orderlist>
<listitem>first</listitem>
<listitem>second</listitem>
<orderlist>
<listitem>list2 item3</listitem>
<listitem>list2 item2</listitem>
<orderlist>
<listitem>list3 item1</listitem>
<listitem>list3 item2</listitem>
</orderlist>
</orderlist>
<listitem>third></listitem>
</orderlist>
</root>


How can write xsl for this. i have just now started to write XSl.

Thanks
Raja

A straightforward recursive descent does the job:

<xsl:template match="ol">
 <orderlist>
  <xsl:apply-templates/>
 </orderlist>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="li">
 <listitem>
  <xsl:apply-templates/>
 </listitem>
</xsl:template>

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference

Kay,
Thank you very much. Its working fine.