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File: Data.xml <names>     <name>John</name>     <name>Josua</name>     <name>Charles</name>     <name>Alice</name>     <name>Martha</name>     <name>George</name> </names> File: Transform.xslt <?xml version="1.0"?> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"    xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">     <xsl:template match="/">       <TABLE>         <xsl:apply-templates select="//name">           <xsl:sort order="descending" select="."/>         </xsl:apply-templates>       </TABLE>     </xsl:template>     <xsl:template match="name">       <TR>         <td>           <xsl:value-of select="."/>         </TH>       </TR>     </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> Output: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><TABLE><TR><td>Martha</TH></TR><TR><td>Josua</TH></TR><TR><td>John</TH></TR><TR><td>George</TH></TR><TR><td>Charles</TH></TR><TR><td>Alice</TH></TR></TABLE>