XMLNode.textContent as String
The DOM text value of the node.
textContent
of element nodes is the string value of the element rather than null.
cts.doc("example.xml").root.firstChild.nodeValue; const node = fn.head(xdmp.unquote( '<ns:parent xmlns:ns="/my/ns"><ns:child>some content</ns:child></ns:parent>')) .root; node.textContent; // returns 'some content'