xs:string

The data type xs:string represents character strings in XML. Because xs:string is a simple type, it cannot contain any children.

Lexical form of `xs:string`

The lexical form of xs:string is a sequence of characters that can include any character that is in the range of legal characters for XML.

Constructor of `xs:string`

Use the following syntax to construct an instance of xs:string:

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value: The value that is to be constructed. If this value is an empty sequence, the empty sequence is returned.
If value is illegal for the target data type, the constructor function returns an error.