What is the execlly purpose of the xsl:template?

[pelegk]

what is the execlly use of xsl:template (and please dont reffer me to msdn)

[cjaeger]

<xsl:template>

specifies how data is represented in <xsl:output>

can be called by name or by xpath statement

<xsl:call template name="test">

<xsl:apply templates>

You will find an xml tutorial with examples at www.zvon.org