aracter</code>; the name of the root node if created</p></dd>


<dt id="arg-ns">ns<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#arg-ns"></a></dt>
<dd><p>named vector; a collection of character strings indicating the namespace
definitions of the root node if created</p></dd>


<dt id="arg-root">root<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#arg-root"></a></dt>
<dd><p><code>xmlNode</code>; an XML node to be used as the root</p></dd>

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    <h2 id="value">Value<a cla