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 <!-- Function to fetch value of a key-string pair in plist --> <xsl:function name="me:metadata"> <xsl:param name="label"/> <xsl:value-of select="normalize-space($metadata/plist/dict/key[text()=$label]/following::node()[1]/text())"/> </xsl:function> This function is NOT returning a string, and it is NOT returning a document node as some have suggested. It is returning a text node, because that is what<xsl:value-of> creates. Unlike xsl:variable, xsl:function does not wrap the text node in a document node; in the absence of an "as" attribute on xsl:function, it returns the text node unchanged. Although I always recommend using an "as" attribute on xsl:function and xsl:param to make it clear what the inputs and output to the function are expected to be, the simplest fix to this function is to change<xsl:value-of> to<xsl:sequence>. It's a common mistake to use xsl:value-of when there is no intention or need to create a text node. The normal default way of returning a result from a function should be to use xsl:sequence. >Any idea why the test evaluates to true? The effective boolean value of a node is always true. In fact, Saxon can work out that this function will always return a text node, and it will probably therefore decide that the EBV of the function call is true without even calling the function. Michael Kay Saxonica 
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