In other words, if

<xsl:param name="string" as="xs:string">string</xsl:param>

is long for

<xsl:param name="string" select="'string'"/>

Well, there are other benefits in declaring the type. These two
constructs aren't equivalent, because in the first case the processor
knows that the value will always be a string, whereas in the second it's
only a string in the case where it's defaulted.

we should see similarly that

<xsl:param name="string">string</xsl:param>

is another way of saying

<xsl:param name="string" as="document-node()">
<xsl:document>string</xsl:document>
</xsl:param>

Is this correct?

Yes, that's true.

Cheers,
Wendell

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