Node Functions

doc

doc($uri as xs:string) as document-node()

Loads and parses an XML document from the given URI. Results are cached.

doc-available

doc-available($uri as xs:string) as xs:boolean

Returns true if a document is available at the given URI.

in-scope-prefixes

in-scope-prefixes($element as element()) as xs:string*

Returns all namespace prefixes in scope for the given element.

lang

lang($testlang as xs:string) as xs:boolean

lang($testlang as xs:string, $node as node()) as xs:boolean

Returns true if the language of the context node (or $node) matches $testlang.

local-name

local-name() as xs:string

local-name($arg as node()?) as xs:string

Returns the local name of the context node or $arg.

local-name(<book/>)  →  "book"

name

name() as xs:string

name($arg as node()?) as xs:string

Returns the qualified name (prefix:local) of the context node or $arg.

namespace-uri

namespace-uri() as xs:anyURI

namespace-uri($arg as node()?) as xs:anyURI

Returns the namespace URI of the context node or $arg.

namespace-uri-for-prefix

namespace-uri-for-prefix($prefix as xs:string, $element as element()) as xs:anyURI?

Returns the namespace URI bound to the given prefix on the element.

namespace-uri-from-QName

namespace-uri-from-QName($arg as xs:QName?) as xs:anyURI?

Returns the namespace URI from a QName.

local-name-from-QName

local-name-from-QName($arg as xs:QName?) as xs:NCName?

Returns the local name from a QName.

prefix-from-QName

prefix-from-QName($arg as xs:QName?) as xs:NCName?

Returns the prefix from a QName.

QName

QName($namespace as xs:string, $qualifiedName as xs:string) as xs:QName

Constructs a QName from a namespace URI and a qualified name string.

resolve-QName

resolve-QName($qname as xs:string, $element as element()) as xs:QName

Resolves a lexical QName against the in-scope namespaces of an element.

resolve-uri

resolve-uri($relative as xs:string) as xs:anyURI

resolve-uri($relative as xs:string, $base as xs:string) as xs:anyURI

Resolves a relative URI against a base URI.

root

root() as node()

root($arg as node()?) as node()?

Returns the root node of the tree containing the context node or $arg.