<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><api:function-page xml:base="/apidoc/8.0/sem.iri.xml" generated="2015-10-07T16:36:00.016766-07:00" mode="javascript" xmlns:api="http://marklogic.com/rundmc/api"><api:function-name>sem.iri</api:function-name><api:suggest>sem.iri</api:suggest><api:suggest>sem</api:suggest><api:suggest>iri</api:suggest><api:function-link mode="xquery" fullname="sem:iri">/apidoc/8.0/sem:iri.xml</api:function-link><api:function mode="javascript" name="iri" lib="sem" category="Semantics" hidden="false" bucket="MarkLogic Built-In Functions" prefix="sem" namespace="http://marklogic.com/semantics" fullname="sem.iri"><api:summary>This is a constructor function that takes a string
		and constructs an item of type 
		<code class="javascript" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">sem.iri</code> from it.
	</api:summary><api:params><api:param name="string-iri" type="xs:string"><api:param-description>
			The string with which to construct the 
			<code class="javascript" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">sem.iri</code>.
		</api:param-description><api:param-name>string-iri</api:param-name><api:param-type>String</api:param-type></api:param></api:params><api:return class="javascript">sem.iri</api:return><api:usage>
   <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">When using 
   <span class="javascript"><code>sem.iri</code></span> with 
   SPARQL or SPARQL Update, don't use <code>&lt;</code> and <code>&gt;</code> 
   around the iri string. For example, <span class="javascript">
   <code>sem.iri("my iri")</code></span>.</p>
   </api:usage><api:example class="javascript"><pre xml:space="preserve" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

var sem = require("/MarkLogic/semantics.xqy");

sem.iri("/my/iri")
    </pre>
  </api:example></api:function></api:function-page>