I don't understand why you are not getting anything for the simple copy XSL. How are you viewing the output? If it's in a browser can you view source to see if output has been hidden? Try this XSLT:
Code:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:ms="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt" xmlns:dt="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:datatypes">
<xsl:template match="/">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META CHARSET="UTF-8" />
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<textarea rows="100" cols="100">
<xsl:copy-of select="."/>
</textarea>
</BODY>
</HTML>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
