zvon example doubt

[Anonymous]

http://www.zvon.org/xxl/XSLTutorial/Output/example7_ch1.html
Stylesheet1 example.
why is <b></b> common for fname and surname in output?
Why did it not display surname in italics?

[Roseanne Zhang]

Since there is no match of surname as child of source (root).

[Vasan]

Hi Shan,
in the example we are selecting the value. Instead of value-of when we use apply-templates it will come in <i>.
Hope iam clear.
regards
Vasan

[Vidya Nayak]

If it is value-of, then only content of element is used without further processing. If apply-template is used, processing is done as per template definition (i for surname in this case).
Cheers,
Vidya