[XSLT 1.0]

I have an xml doc like this :

<doc>
 <article>
  <photo>
   <caption>
    <p>
     caption text here with <i>italic</i> here and <b>bold</b> here<credit>photo 
     copyright</credit>
    </p>
   </caption>
  </photo>
 </article>
</doc>

So the <credit> tag is nested in the <p> tag.

I have templates to copy the <i> and <b> tags, like this :

<xsl:template match="i">
  <xsl:copy>
    <xsl:apply-templates/>
  </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="b">
  <xsl:copy>
    <xsl:apply-templates/>
  </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

What I need to get in the output is : the caption text with <i> and <b> tags, and then the photo copyright. I also need to have a line-break between both (I mean between caption text and photo copyright) ; and I don’t want to repeat the photo copyright (I don’t want to have it 2 times, in both lines in the output).

I can do this :

<xsl:apply-templates select="caption/p/text()"/>
<xsl:value-of select="caption/p/credit"/>

… but here I’m loosing my <i> and <b> tags, which I do need in my output… And I have no line-break.

I can also do this :

<xsl:apply-templates select="caption/p"/>
<xsl:value-of select="caption/p/credit"/>

… but here I have the photo copyright 2 times. And I have no line break either…

So I was looking for some trick to : 1/ keep my <i> and <b> tags – 2/ get a line break between caption text and photo copyright – 3/ get rid of the <credit> node in my caption text output.

And I did find a way. In my xsl now I just have :

<xsl:apply-templates select="caption/p"/>
<xsl:value-of select="caption/p/credit"/>

Just like above… but I added a template like this :

<xsl:template match="credit">
    <xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
</xsl:template>

And… I must say, this is working, in a way, as I do keep my <i> and <b> tags, I do get a line break between caption text and photo copyright, and I do get rid of the <credit> node in my caption text output. Problem is : I feel this is quite awkward…

So please how would you do this in a better way ? I’m new to xsl and I have no idea…