ml_xslt_example.xqy

xquery version "1.0-ml";

declare variable $xslt :=
<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
    <xsl:output method="xml" />

    <xsl:template match="@*|node()">
      <xsl:copy>
        <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
      </xsl:copy>
    </xsl:template>

<!-- reduce the price by half -->
    <xsl:template match="cd/price"> 
       <price>
        <xsl:value-of select=". * 0.5"/>
       </price>
    </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>;

let $sourcexml :=
<catalog>
   <cd>
    <title>Red</title>
    <artist>The Communards</artist>
    <company>London</company>
    <price>7.80</price>
    <year>1987</year>
  </cd>
  <cd>
    <title>Unchain my heart</title>
    <artist>Joe Cocker</artist>
    <company>EMI</company>
    <price>8.20</price>
    <year>1987</year>
  </cd>
</catalog>

return
xdmp:xslt-eval($xslt, $sourcexml)

(: OUTPUT:
<?xml  version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<catalog>
<cd>
<title>Red</title>
<artist>The Communards</artist>
<company>London</company>
<price xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">3.9</price>
<year>1987</year>
</cd>
<cd>
<title>Unchain my heart</title>
<artist>Joe Cocker</artist>
<company>EMI</company>
<price xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">4.1</price>
<year>1987</year>
</cd>
</catalog> :)