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XSL: Reading attribute values

The XML File: 
<?xml version="1.0"?>

<persons>

  <person><name>Alex   </name><contact type='tel'   >01 234 567</contact></person>
  <person><name>Bert   </name><contact type='mobile'>98 765 432</contact></person>
  <person><name>Charlie</name><contact type='email' >c@def.qq  </contact></person>
  <person><name>Dave   </name><contact type='tel'   >77 666 555</contact></person>
  <person><name>Emila  </name><contact type='mobile'>e@fed.qq  </contact></person>

</persons>
The XSL File: 
<?xml version="1.0"?>

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

  <xsl:template match="person">

    <br>
      <xsl:value-of select="name"         />, 
      <xsl:value-of select="contact/@type"/>: 
      <xsl:value-of select="contact"      />
    </br>

  </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>
The output (whitespaces manually modified): 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<br>Alex   , tel: 01 234 567</br>
<br>Bert   , mobile: 98 765 432</br>
<br>Charlie, email: c@def.qq  </br>
<br>Dave   , tel: 77 666 555</br>
<br>Emila  , mobile: e@fed.qq  </br>
A similar example, but with persons having two contacts.