fn: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(*))

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

Namespace

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

Links to W3C specifications

XPath 3.0 Functions and Operators

XPath 3.1 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.