diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/make/template-simple.ati b/proposal/myrmidon/src/make/template-simple.ati
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+
+<project default="main" basedir=".">
+
+  <target name="main">
+    <echo message="Before template"/>
+    <echo-template msg="Template echo 1!" />
+    <echo-template msg="Template echo 2!" />
+    <echo-template msg="Template echo 3!" />
+    <echo message="After template"/>
+  </target>
+
+</project>
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diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/make/template-simple.xsl b/proposal/myrmidon/src/make/template-simple.xsl
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+
+<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
+
+  <xsl:template match="echo-template">
+    <echo message="This is an example of how to use a template to expand" />
+    <echo message="a single element into a list of tasks to do. In this" />
+    <echo message="example it is largely a case of echoing an attribute" />
+    <echo message="ie. msg='{@msg}'" />
+  </xsl:template>
+
+  <xsl:template match="@*|node()">
+    <xsl:copy>
+      <xsl:apply-templates select="@*"/>
+      <xsl:apply-templates/>
+    </xsl:copy>
+  </xsl:template>
+
+</xsl:stylesheet>
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