fn:html-doc

Reads an external resource containing HTML, and returns the result of parsing the resource as HTML.

The HTML parsing uses the same logic as the parse-html function: see the description of that function for constraints applicable to SaxonJ and SaxonCS.

html-doc($source as xs:string?, $options as map(*)?:={}) ➔ document-node(*:html)?

Arguments
	$source	xs:string?		The URI of the HTML file to be read
	$options	map(*)?	:= {}	Parsing options
Result		document-node(*:html)?

Namespace

http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions

Links to W3C specifications

XPath 4.0 Functions and Operators

Saxon availability

Available in XPath 4.0, XSLT 4.0, and XQuery 4.0. Requires Saxon-PE or Saxon-EE. Implemented since Saxon 13. Available for all platforms.