String Parsing Functions

parse-xml("<a>Hello <b>World</b></a>") creates an XML document from an XML string and returns the root node.
parse-xml-fragment("I say<a>Hello <b>World</b></a>") creates an XML fragment from an XML string and returns the root node. Note that the example does not return an error even though the XML is not well-formed itself (no root), unlike the case for parse-xml().
serialize(1 to 3) returns a serialized representation of the sequence as a string.