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MarkLogic 10 Product Documentation
sem:datatype

sem:datatype(
   $value as xs:anyAtomicType
) as sem:iri

Summary

Returns the name of the simple type of the atomic value argument as a SPARQL style IRI. If the value is derived from sem:unknown or sem:invalid, the datatype IRI part of those values is returned. This XQuery function backs up the SPARQL datatype() function.

This function is a built-in.

Parameters
value The value to return the type of.

Example

sem:datatype("some string")
=>
http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string

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