parse-xml

This function takes as input an XML document represented as a string, and returns the document node at the root of an XDM tree representing the parsed document.

parse-xml($arg as xs:string) ➔ document-node(element(*, xs:untyped))

Arguments
	$arg	xs:string	The lexical XML string to be parsed as a document
Result		document-node(element(*, xs:untyped))

parse-xml($arg as xs:string, $baseURI as xs:string) ➔ document-node(element(*, xs:untyped))

Arguments
	$arg	xs:string	The lexical XML string to be parsed as a document
	$baseURI	xs:string	The base URI property of the constructed document
Result		document-node(element(*, xs:untyped))

Links to W3C specifications

Namespace: http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions

Applies to: XPath 3.0, XSLT 3.0, XQuery 3.0 (if enabled in Saxon: requires Saxon-PE or Saxon-EE)

XPath 3.0 Functions and Operators

Notes on the Saxon implementation

Available since Saxon 9.3, provided XPath 3.0 is enabled; replaces the extension function saxon:parse which is retained for the time being.

The second argument has been dropped from the latest draft of the XPath 3.0 specification, but remains available in the Saxon implementation for the time being.