Templates are defined by using <xsl:template> element. The match attribute on <xsl:template> indicates which parts of the source document should be processed with the particular template and the content of the <xsl:template> element indicates what is done with that particular part of the source document. You can use literal result elements, <xsl:for-each> and <xsl:value-of> inside a template in exactly the same way as you do within a simplified stylesheet to generate some output.

The xsl:template element is used to define a template that can be applied to a node for producing a desired output.

There must be either a nameor match attribute, or both, and this determines how the template rule can be invoked. If there is only a match attribute, then you can use the xsl:apply-template element to invoke the template rule defined by the xsl:template element. If there is only a name attribute, then you can use the xsl:call-template element to invoke the named template defined by the xsl:template element. If both attributes are present, then you may invoke the template by any procedure.

It may be possible that more than one template can be applied to a node. The highest priority value template is always choose. If more than one suitable template has the same highest priority value, then the XSLT processor usually chooses the last one that appears. Different templates can not have both the same priority and name values.I same values then error generate

The xsl:template element is always a child of either the xsl:transform or xsl:stylesheet elements