Back Standard: http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#output

<output> : method

Standard excerpt:

The method attribute on xsl:output identifies the overall method that should be used for outputting the result tree. The value must be a QName. If the QName does not have a prefix, then it identifies a method specified in this document and must be one of xml, html or text. If the QName has a prefix, then the QName is expanded into an expanded-name; the expanded-name identifies the output method