resolve-QName

Expands a lexical QName using the in-scope namespaces from the given element

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

Arguments
	$qname	xs:string?	The lexical QName to be expanded
	$element	element()	The element whose in-scope namespaces determine how the QName is expanded
Result		xs:QName?

Links to W3C specifications

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

Applies to: XPath 2.0, XSLT 2.0, XQuery 1.0 and later versions

XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators

XPath 3.0 Functions and Operators

Notes on the Saxon implementation

The function is fully implemented according to the W3C specifications.