[xsl] Merge - a.xml + b.xml = c.xml

["Exide Arabellan" <exide@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

To start it off, here are the files being used:

social1.xml
----------
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE social SYSTEM "C:\Documents and 
Settings\Exide\Desktop\social1.dtd">
<social>
	<friend name="Jordon">
		<city>Aloha</city>
		<job>Circuit City</job>
	</friend>
</social>

social2.xml
----------
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE social SYSTEM "C:\Documents and 
Settings\Exide\Desktop\social2.dtd">
<social>
	<friend name="Jordon" lastname="Zander">
		<url>www.jz.com</url>
		<age>19</age>
	</friend>
</social>

merge.xsl
----------
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"; 
version="1.0">
<xsl:output method="xml"/>

<!-- load the merge file -->
<xsl:variable name="social2" select="document('social2.xml')"/>

<xsl:template match="/">
  <social>
  <xsl:for-each select="social/friend">

  <!-- cache the friend's ID -->
  <xsl:variable name="name"><xsl:value-of select="@name"/></xsl:variable>

     <!-- copy the child nodes -->
     <friend>
     <xsl:copy-of select="child::*"/>

        <!-- copy the children of the matching friend node from the merge 
file -->
        <xsl:copy-of select="$social2/social/friend[@name=$name]/child::*" 
/>
     </friend>
  </xsl:for-each>
  </social>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

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It works great for merging Elements, but i lose all Attributes to the 
'friend' node. Here is the output:
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output.xml
---------
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<social>
	<friend>
		<city>Aloha</city>
		<job>Circuit City</job>
		<url>www.jz.com</url>
		<age>19</age>
	</friend>
</social>

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This is the output im striving for:
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output.xml
---------
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<social>
	<friend name="Jordon" lastname="Zander">
		<city>Aloha</city>
		<job>Circuit City</job>
		<url>www.jz.com</url>
		<age>19</age>
	</friend>
</social>

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Im quite new to XML but learning as i go along. Take a snippet of code from 
here and there, alter them into somethin that works for me. Learning what 
each line does as i go along. So my terminology may be bad =)
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"I only do what my rice crispies tell me to"
Exide Arabellan


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