saxon:type-annotation
Returns the name of the type annotation of a node or atomic value
type-annotation($item as item()) ➔ xs:QName
Arguments | |||
| $item | item() | The item whose type is required |
Result | xs:QName | ||
Details
Namespace: http://saxon.sf.net/
This function takes an item as argument.
If the argument is an element or attribute node, the function returns the type annotation of the node, as a QName. If the type is anonymous, this will be a system-generated internal name.
If the argument is a document node, the function returns xs:anyType if the document has been
schema-validated, or xs:untyped otherwise.
For a text node, the function returns xs:untypedAtomic, and for comment, processing-instruction, and namespace nodes,
it returns xs:string.
If the argument is an atomic value, the function returns the type label of the atomic value, again as a QName.
The prefix of the returned QName should not be treated as significant.
Notes on the Saxon implementation
Available since around Saxon 8.0(?). The newer saxon:type function provides more information.