In my context that code helped a lot: for $text in .//text() return replace value of node $text with normalize-space($text)
Thx, Günter > Am 15.02.2016 um 10:22 schrieb Christian Grün <christian.gr...@gmail.com>: > >> json:serialize(fn:normalize-space(doc('bettelweib.xml')//*:body), map { >> 'format': 'jsonml' }) > > Simply calling fn:normalize-space(...) won’t be enough, as it will > always return a string. > > To give you better help, I’d be pleased if you could provide us a > little self-contained example. Maybe it’s not necessary if you have a > closer look at the following example: > _______________________ > > let $body := <body>Das Bettelweib von > Locarno.</body> > let $updated-body := $body update ( > for $text in .//text() > return replace value of node $text with normalize-space($text) > ) > return json:serialize($updated-body, map { 'format': 'jsonml' }) > _______________________ > > Cheers, > Christian > > >> >> I get >> JSON serializer: Atomic values cannot be serialized >> >> Greetings from Hamburg, >> Günter >> >>> Am 11.02.2016 um 13:20 schrieb Christian Grün <christian.gr...@gmail.com>: >>> >>> Hi Günter, >>> >>> Did you try fn:normalize-space? >>> >>> Greetings from Prague, >>> Christian >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 1:19 PM, Günter Dunz-Wolff >>> <kle...@mail.dunzwolff.de> wrote: >>>> Hi all, hi Christian >>>> >>>> I want to serialize my xml-documents to jsonml like so: >>>> >>>> json:serialize(doc('bettelweib.xml')//*:body, map { 'format': 'jsonml' }) >>>> >>>> Inside the jsonml are lots of strings with unnecessary whitespace like: >>>> >>>> "Das Bettelweib von\n Locarno." >>>> >>>> How could I remove that whitespace and also \n during or after the >>>> serialization? >>>> >>>> Thanks for any help. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Günter >>> >> >> >