Hi all, As I read the serialization spec ( https://www.w3.org/TR/xslt-xquery-serialization-31/#serparam), additional values for the "method" parameter and additional serialization parameters should use a non-null namespace URI (see quotes below).
I believe BaseX's "csv" method or "tabulator" parameter ( http://docs.basex.org/wiki/Serialization) would fall into this category. Without such a non-null namespace URI, users may mistake BaseX-specific serialization features for those supported in the spec. The solution that the spec seems to suggest would be to use "basex:csv" or "basex:tabulator". I bet such a change would be unwelcome to those with code that uses the existing supported values, but aside from a disruptive cycle of deprecating existing values, etc., an alternative would be for the BaseX documentation to note this non-compliance with the spec. I realize this is nit-picky, but I thought it might be worth raising given the potential for confusion mentioned above, and should this discussion be of interest to anyone. Best, Joe Regarding values for the "method" parameter: > The value of the method parameter is an expanded QName. If the value has a null namespace URI, then the local name identifies a method specified in this document and MUST be one of xml, html, xhtml, text, json , or adaptive; in this case, the output method specified MUST be used for serializing. If the namespace URI is non-null, then it identifies an implementation-defined output method; the behavior in this case is not specified by this document. Regarding additional serialization parameters: > Implementations MAY define additional serialization parameters, and MAY allow users to do so. For this purpose, the name of a serialization parameter is considered to be a QName; the parameters listed above are QNames whose expanded-QName has a null namespace URI, while any additional serialization parameters that are either implementation-defined or defined by the host language MUST have names that are namespace-qualified.
