Re: Proposal for an XDM tree builder library

This is good. It's in line with the `element()` and `attribute()` functions
we are proposing [1]. We should be considering aligning.

-Erik

[1]
https://www.w3.org/community/xformsusers/wiki/XForms_2.0#XML_manipulation_functions

On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 10:16 AM Alain Couthures <
alain.couthures@agencexml.com> wrote:

>
> ---------- Message d'origine ----------
> De : Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com>
> À : public-expath@w3.org
> Date : 27/10/2020 16:29
> Sujet : Proposal for an XDM tree builder library
>
>
> I've increasingly found a need for functions that construct XDM nodes, and
> there's a basic set of such functions in Saxon 10.
>
> I've put together a proposal for a set of 7 functions at
> https://www.saxonica.com/~mike/builder.html. Very much a first cut. The
> use cases are explained in §2.3.
>
> Please ccomment on whether (a) you think such a standard library would be
> a good idea, and (b) whether the general approach looks right.
>
> I'm not quite sure what list this should be posted on, hope this reaches
> the right people.
>
> Michael Kay
> Saxonica
>
>