XSLT and XQuery Serialization 3.1

Abstract

This document defines serialization of an instance of the data model as defined in [XQuery and XPath Data Model (XDM) 3.1] into a sequence of octets. Serialization is designed to be a component that can be used by other specifications such as [XSL Transformations (XSLT) Version 3.0] or [XQuery 3.1: An XML Query Language].

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This is a Recommendation of the W3C.

This document was published by the W3C XSLT Working Group and the W3C XML Query Working Group, each of which is part of the XML Activity.

This Recommendation specifies XSLT and XQuery Serialization version 3.1, a fully compatible extension of Serialization version 3.0.

This specification is designed to be referenced normatively from other specifications defining a host language for it; it is not intended to be implemented outside a host language. The implementability of this specification has been tested in the context of its normative inclusion in host languages defined by the XQuery 3.1 and XSLT 3.0 (expected in 2017) specifications; see the XQuery 3.1 implementation report (and, in the future, the WGs expect that there will also be an XSLT 3.0 implementation report) for details.

No substantive changes have been made to this specification since its publication as a Proposed Recommendation.

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