Re: [basex-talk] Passing through entities unchanged when serializing

Hi Andreas -

Have you tried using different serialization options? I.e., serialize.xq: ``` declare option output:method "xml"; declare option output:parameter-document "map.xml"; declare variable $input := "<p>Lorem ipsum, &apos; dolor sit amet.</p>"; serialize($input) ```

map.xml: ``` <serialization-parameters xmlns=" http://www.w3.org/2010/xslt-xquery-serialization"> <use-character-maps> <character-map character="&apos;" map-string="&amp;apos;"/> </use-character-maps> </serialization-parameters> ```

When run in the BaseX GUI, I get: `&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Lorem ipsum, &apos; dolor sit amet.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;`, might be closer?

I think you might have been experiencing the default 'basex' serialization option (see [1] for more). Hope that helps. Best, Bridger

[1] http://docs.basex.org/wiki/Serialization

On Mon, Sep 9, 2019 at 9:05 AM Andreas Mixich mixich.andreas@gmail.com wrote:

Hi,

when serializing a string, that contains literal XML with entities, how do I pass through those entities unchanged? Example:

let $input := "<p>Lorem ipsum &apos; dolor sit amet </p>" return serialize($input)

results in:

&lt;p&gt;Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, ' consectetur adipisicing elit.&lt;/p&gt;

but I want:

&lt;p&gt;Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, &apos; consectetur adipisicing elit.&lt;/p&gt;

-- Minden jót, all the best, Alles Gute, Andreas Mixich