Can use abbreviated axis specifier

XSLT supports short forms for common axis specifiers: child:: can be omitted entirely, attribute:: is abbreviated as @, and parent::node() is written as ...

Incorrect:

<xsl:value-of select="child::title"/>
<xsl:value-of select="attribute::name"/>
<xsl:apply-templates select="parent::node()"/>

Correct:

<xsl:value-of select="title"/>
<xsl:value-of select="@name"/>
<xsl:apply-templates select=".."/>