Hi Christian,

I was already kicking myself for rushing and not providing a SCE! Please see the code below, and thanks.

 

declare option output:method 'json';

 

declare variable $authors := <authors>

    <author>

        <given-name>Robert A</given-name>

        <surname>Sanders</surname>

    </author>

    <author>

        <given-name>Emily</given-name>

        <surname>Chapel</surname>

    </author>

</authors>;

 

map {

    "authors": [

      (for $b in $authors/author return

        map{"fn":$b/*:given-name/text(), "ln":$b/*:surname/text()})

    ]

}

 

 

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From: Christian Grün [mailto:christian.gruen@gmail.com]
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Hi Constantine,

 

> (: just assume $authors is populated ...:)

 

Could you provide us with a little self-contained example? Because there are all kinds of populations out there.

 

TIA as well,

Christian