<xsl:copy-of> - XSLT: Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations
xslt/xpath reference: xslt elements, exslt functions, xpath functions, xpath axes the <xsl:copy-of> element makes a deep copy (including descendant nodes) of whatever the select attribute specifies to the output document.
... syntax <xsl:copy-of select=expression /> required attributes select uses an xpath expression that specifies what is to be copied.

XSLT elements reference - XSLT: Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations
<xsl:apply-imports><xsl:apply-templates><xsl:attribute-set><xsl:attribute><xsl:call-template><xsl:choose><xsl:comment><xsl:copy-of><xsl:copy><xsl:decimal-format><xsl:element><xsl:fallback><xsl:for-each><xsl:if><xsl:import><xsl:include><xsl:key><xsl:message><xsl:namespace-alias><xsl:number><xsl:otherwise><xsl:output><xsl:param><xsl:preserve-space><xsl:processing-instruction><xsl:sort><xsl:strip-space><xsl:stylesheet><xsl:template><xsl:text><xsl:transform><xsl:value-of><xsl:variable><xsl:when><xsl:with-param> <xsl:apply-imp...
...orts> <xsl:apply-templates> <xsl:attribute> <xsl:attribute-set> <xsl:call-template> <xsl:choose> <xsl:comment> <xsl:copy> <xsl:copy-of> <xsl:decimal-format> <xsl:element> <xsl:fallback> (not supported) <xsl:for-each> <xsl:if> <xsl:import> (mostly supported) <xsl:include> <xsl:key> <xsl:message> <xsl:namespace-alias> (not supported) <xsl:number> (partially supported) <xsl:otherwise> <xsl:output> (partially supported) <xsl:param> <xsl:preserve-space> <xsl:processing-instruction> <xsl:sort> <xsl:strip-space> <xsl:stylesheet> (partially supported) <xsl:template> <xsl:text> (partially supported) <xsl:transform> <xsl:value-of> (partially supported) <xsl:variable> <xsl:when> <xsl:with-param> ...

Index - XSLT: Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations
27 <xsl:copy-of> element, reference, xslt, copy-of the <xsl:copy-of> element makes a deep copy (including descendant nodes) of whatever the select attribute specifies to the output document.

The Netscape XSLT/XPath Reference - XSLT: Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations
elements xsl:apply-imports (supported) xsl:apply-templates (supported) xsl:attribute (supported) xsl:attribute-set (supported) xsl:call-template (supported) xsl:choose (supported) xsl:comment (supported) xsl:copy (supported) xsl:copy-of (supported) xsl:decimal-format (supported) xsl:element (supported) xsl:fallback (not supported) xsl:for-each (supported) xsl:if (supported) xsl:import (mostly supported) xsl:include (supported) xsl:key (supported) xsl:message (supported) xsl:namespace-alias (not supported) xsl:number (partially supported) xsl:otherwise (supported) xsl:output (partially supported) xsl:p...

Transforming XML with XSLT - XSLT: Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations
xslt/xpath reference elements xsl:apply-imports (supported) xsl:apply-templates (supported) xsl:attribute (supported) xsl:attribute-set (supported) xsl:call-template (supported) xsl:choose (supported) xsl:comment (supported) xsl:copy (supported) xsl:copy-of (supported) xsl:decimal-format (supported) xsl:element (supported) xsl:fallback (not supported) xsl:for-each (supported) xsl:if (supported) xsl:import (mostly supported) xsl:include (supported) xsl:key (supported) xsl:message (supported) xsl:namespace-alias (not supported) xsl:number (partially supported) xsl:otherwise (supported) xsl:output (partially supported) xsl:param (supporte...

Advanced Example - XSLT: Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations
html" xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/xsl/transform"> <xsl:output method="html" indent="yes" /> <xsl:param name="myorder" /> <xsl:template match="/"> <xsl:apply-templates select="/div//div"> <xsl:sort select="." data-type="number" order="{$myorder}" /> </xsl:apply-templates> </xsl:template> <xsl:template match="div"> <xsl:copy-of select="." /> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> ...