Re: [xml-dev] RE: XDM serialization (was buried in microXML thread)

On 17/07/2012 03:15, Liam R E Quin wrote:
>
>> It just disappoints me greatly that XPath, XSLT, and XQuery have this
>> great data model with no standardized way of representing it.
> +1
>
> Both Saxon and Qizx have proprietary ways to serialize it in XML.
>
>

For Saxon: Nodes and atomic values, yes. But function items, no. That 
would be a significant challenge.

(Memo to self: allow serialization of maps...)

Michael Kay
Saxonica