RE: data() function working correctly?

> In my example I call a 
> function, ex:Test,
> which returns a text() node.  The first time that I call the 
> function it
> returns a text node that contains the integer 5.  It is my 
> understanding
> that by invoking the data() function on that text node it 
> should return the
> atomic (integer) value 5. 

No. The typed value of an element or an attribute may be an integer, but the
typed value of a text node is always xdt:untypedAtomic.

http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath-datamodel/#acc-summ-typed-value

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/




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