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Full coverage of XSLT 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 elements and XPath functions: - 59 XSLT elements (xsl:stylesheet → xsl:use-accumulators) - 170 XPath functions (1.0 node/string/numeric/boolean, 2.0 sequence/ date/QName/string, 3.0 HOF/map/array/JSON/streaming) Each page: description, parameters table, return value, 2 runnable Saxon examples with input XML + stylesheet + output, notes, cross-links. xsltCompletions.js: all 229 entries now have blogSlug for hover links. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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| parse-xml-fragment() | Parses a well-balanced XML fragment string and returns it as a document node, allowing multiple top-level nodes. | 2026-04-18T00:00:00Z | 2.0 | XSLT 2.0 | node function | parse-xml-fragment(string) |
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Description
parse-xml-fragment() parses a string that may contain zero or more XML nodes at the top level — in contrast to parse-xml(), which requires exactly one root element. The result is a document node whose children are the parsed nodes.
The input must be well-balanced: every start tag must have a matching end tag, but a single root element is not required. The string may contain elements, text nodes, comments, and processing instructions at the top level.
This function is part of XPath 3.0 but is supported by Saxon 9.x and later with XSLT 2.0 stylesheets.
Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
string |
xs:string? | Yes | A string containing a well-balanced XML fragment. |
Return value
document-node() — a document node containing the parsed content as children, or the empty sequence if the argument is the empty sequence.
Examples
Parse an inline HTML fragment
Input XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<content>
<fragment><![CDATA[<p>Hello <strong>world</strong></p><p>Second paragraph</p>]]></fragment>
</content>
Stylesheet:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>
<xsl:template match="/content">
<result>
<xsl:variable name="frag" select="parse-xml-fragment(fragment)"/>
<paragraph-count><xsl:value-of select="count($frag/p)"/></paragraph-count>
<xsl:copy-of select="$frag/p"/>
</result>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Output:
<result>
<paragraph-count>2</paragraph-count>
<p>Hello <strong>world</strong></p>
<p>Second paragraph</p>
</result>
Merge stored XML fragments
Stylesheet:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>
<xsl:template match="/segments">
<merged>
<xsl:for-each select="segment">
<xsl:copy-of select="parse-xml-fragment(.)/*"/>
</xsl:for-each>
</merged>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
Notes
- Unlike
parse-xml(), the input does not need a single root element, making it suitable for HTML body fragments or partial XML documents stored in database fields. - The resulting document node has no document URI.
- If the string is not well-balanced (unmatched tags), the function raises a dynamic error.
- Available in Saxon 9.x+ with
version="2.0"stylesheets; formally part of XPath 3.0.