[xsl] stripping <p> tags from a block of HTML

hello all--

I am writing an XSL stylesheet that will be used to
convert a large collection of identically-formatted
existing XML documents to HTML.  The XML source
includes both well-formed XML elements as well as one
particular node (called <DataContent>) that is a block
of HTML in its own right.

Right now, I'm using a very simple sequence to dump
the block over:

<xsl:template match="DataContent">
<html>
   <xsl:copy-of select="node()"/>
</html>

This works okay, but since the block of HTML is full
of <p> and </p> tags, this creates too much space
between the lines for my purposes.

I would like to strip the <p> tags out completely and
replace the </p> tags with <br> tags.  I tried using 
template match="p" and then implimenting the
translate*command but I couldn't get the parser to
drill into the "DataContent" node.  

Is there a quick and easy way to replace tags within
an existing block of HTML?  Alternatively, should I be
converting the whole block to XML before trying to
replace anything?

Technical details:  I am using the MSXML engine in
Cooktop; the source files are in XML version 1.0.

Here's the source:

<DataContent>
   <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";
xml:lang="en" lang="en">
   <head>
   <title/>
   </head>
   <body>
     <p>1. KYLE MINOGUE WELCOMING THE SCISSOR SISTERS
ONTO STAGE</p>
     <p>2. VARIOUS SHOTS OF THE SCISSOR SISTERS
PLAYING LIVE IN CONCERT IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE</p>
     <p>VARIOUS UNIDENTIFIED MUSIC VIDEO LOCATIONS
(FILE) (MUST COURTESY UNIVERSAL MUSIC INTERNATIONAL -
NO WIRELESS OR ARCHIVE USE) </p>
     <p>3. SCISSOR SISTERS MUSIC VIDEO CLIP  'I DON'T
FEEL LIKE DANCIN' </p>
     <p>STORY: Just under 4000 music fans got the
opportunity to see the Scissor Sisters play a live
free gig at London's Trafalgar Square on Saturday
(September 16). </p>
     <p>The concert was organised in conjunction with
U2 front man Bono's sponsored charity campaign, The
Global Fund as part of (RED) in an attempt to raise
awareness fo the plight of HIV Aids sufferers in
Africa.</p>
     <p>It was pop princess Kyle Minogue who got the
concert off to its start at the famous London site.
The National Portrait Gallery providing the backdrop
for the main stage. </p>
     <p>The New York act played one of their biggest
individual gigs in the UK to date giving their fans at
the concert the opportunity to sample the bands latest
material from their new album 'Ta-Dah', which is set
to be released in the UK on September 18th. The Sissor
Sisters also played 'I Don't Feel Like Dancin', which
is their first ever UK number one hit. The song looks
set to stay at the top of the UK charts for a second
week in a row.</p>
     <p>The Scissor Sisters began their fairytale
success story as a little-known support act, and have
ended up as a global pop phenomenon. Their highly
successful debut album, which spawned a further four
hits (Take Your Mama, Mary, Laura and
Filthy/Gorgeous), was the biggest-selling album last
year, and has now sold over 2.4 million copies in
Britain alone. </p>
     <p>Motorola is a partner of  (RED), the
initiative co-founded by Bono and Bobby Shriver, with
the launch of the original red MOTOSLVR handset on May
15th 2006. Motorola and the retailer partners in the
UK are contributing 10 British sterling from every red
MOTOSLVR handset purchased to the Global Fund.  </p>
   </body>
   </html>
</DataContent>


Thanks,
Pascal Pinck

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