import module namespace json = "http://www.zorba-xquery.com/modules/converters/json"; let $json := '[ true ]' return json:parse( $json ) (: vim:set et sw=2 ts=2: :) (: Expected output: <json xmlns="http://john.snelson.org.uk/parsing-json-into-xquery" type="array"> <item type="boolean">true</item> </json> :)