fn:QName

Constructs a QName value from a URI and local name. The second argument may be a lexical QName, and the prefix of the lexical QName is returned in the constructed value, for use if it is converted back to a string.

QName($paramURI as xs:string?, $paramQName as xs:string) ➔ xs:QName

Arguments
	$paramURI	xs:string?	The namespace URI component of the constructed QName
	$paramQName	xs:string	A lexical QName that supplies the local name component of the constructed QName, and optionally the prefix
Result		xs:QName

Namespace

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

Links to W3C specifications

XPath 3.1 Functions and Operators

Saxon availability

Available in XPath 2.0, XSLT 2.0, XQuery 1.0, and later versions. Available in all Saxon editions.