XML/XQuery/strip

XQuery way to strip whitespace

   <source lang="xml">

File: Data.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?> <bib>

 <book year="1988">
   <title>title 1</title>
 </book>
 <book year="2004">
   <title>title 2</title>
 </book>

</bib>

File: Query.xquery xquery version "1.0"; declare boundary-space strip; <myNewBib>{ doc("Data.xml")/bib/book[@year > 2005] }</myNewBib>

Output: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <myNewBib/>

</source>