Returns an xs:QName value (that is, an expanded-QName) by taking an xs:string that has the lexical form of an xs:QName (a string in the form "prefix:local-name" or "local-name") and resolving it using the in-scope namespaces for a given element.

If $qname does not have the correct lexical form for xs:QName an error is raised [err:FOCA0002].

If $qname is the empty sequence, returns the empty sequence.

More specifically, the function searches the namespace bindings of $element for a binding whose name matches the prefix of $qname, or the zero-length string if it has no prefix, and constructs an expanded-QName whose local name is taken from the supplied $qname, and whose namespace URI is taken from the string value of the namespace binding.

If the $qname has a prefix and if there is no namespace binding for $element that matches this prefix, then an error is raised [err:FONS0004].

If the $qname has no prefix, and there is no namespace binding for $element corresponding to the default (unnamed) namespace, then the resulting expanded-QName has no namespace part.

The prefix (or absence of a prefix) in the supplied $qname argument is retained in the returned expanded-QName.