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File: Data.xml

<?xml version = "1.0"?>
<product>
   <books>
      <book>
         Getting Started with Microsoft Visual C++ 
      </book>
      <book>C How to Program</book>
   </books>
</product>

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

  <xsl:template match="* | text()" />

</xsl:stylesheet>
Output:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>