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 $input := "<p>Lorem ipsum, ' dolor sit amet.</p>"; serialize($input) ``` map.xml: ``` <serialization-parameters xmlns=" http://www.w3.org/2010/xslt-xquery-serialization"> <use-character-maps> <character-map character="'" map-string="'"/> </use-character-maps> </serialization-parameters> ``` When run in the BaseX GUI, I get: `<p>Lorem ipsum, ' dolor sit amet.</p>`, 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 $input := "<p>Lorem ipsum ' dolor sit amet </p>" return serialize($input)
results in:
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, ' consectetur adipisicing elit.</p>
but I want:
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, ' consectetur adipisicing elit.</p>
-- Minden jót, all the best, Alles Gute, Andreas Mixich