gistfile1.txt

Given this XSLT

   <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0" >

      <xsl:output method="xml" />

      <xsl:template match="/applications/application">
         <div>flibble</div>
      </xsl:template>

   </xsl:stylesheet>

and this XML

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <!DOCTYPE applications>
   <applications>
       <application></application>
       <other-url-tag>1</other-url-tag>
       <other-url-tag1>2</other-url-tag1>
       <other-url-tag2>3</other-url-tag2>
   </applications>

I'm getting:

   <?xml version="1.0"?>

   <div>flibble</div>
   1
   2
   3

When I expected to get:

   <?xml version="1.0"?>

   <div>flibble</div>

I've tried various combinations of things that _do_ work and make perfect sense, eg:

    <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0" >
        <xsl:output method="xml" />

        <xsl:template match="/">
            <xsl:apply-templates select="/applications/application" />
        </xsl:template>

        <xsl:template match="/applications/application">
            <div>flibble</div>
        </xsl:template>

    </xsl:stylesheet>

but I'm stumped as to the original behaviour. At the very least, I'd expect to get:

   <?xml version="1.0"?>

   <div>flibble</div>
   <other-url-tag>1</other-url-tag>
   <other-url-tag1>2</other-url-tag1>
   <other-url-tag2>3</other-url-tag2>

gistfile2.txt

Next attempt:

    <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0" >
        <xsl:output  method="xml" />

        <xsl:template match="/applications/application">
            <div>flibble</div>
        </xsl:template>

        <xsl:template match="*"></xsl:template>

    </xsl:stylesheet>

Produces no output :(

gistfile3.txt

try this:

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
  <xsl:output method="xml" />
    <xsl:template match="/applications">
      <xsl:apply-templates/>
    </xsl:template>
    <xsl:template match="application">
      <div>flibble</div>
    </xsl:template>
    <xsl:template match="*"/>
</xsl:stylesheet>