diff --git a/src/utils/util/resolver-pipeline/oscal-profile-resolve-metadata.xsl b/src/utils/util/resolver-pipeline/oscal-profile-resolve-metadata.xsl
index da67371d88..e2eb01e802 100644
--- a/src/utils/util/resolver-pipeline/oscal-profile-resolve-metadata.xsl
+++ b/src/utils/util/resolver-pipeline/oscal-profile-resolve-metadata.xsl
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"
+<xsl:stylesheet version="3.0"
     xmlns="http://csrc.nist.gov/ns/oscal/1.0"
+    xmlns:mh="http://csrc.nist.gov/ns/message"
     xmlns:o="http://csrc.nist.gov/ns/oscal/1.0"
     xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
     xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
     xmlns:math="http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions/math"
     xmlns:opr="http://csrc.nist.gov/ns/oscal/profile-resolution"
     xmlns:u="http://csrc.nist.gov/ns/uuid"
-    exclude-result-prefixes="xs math o opr u"
+    xmlns:v="http://csrc.nist.gov/ns/version"
+    exclude-result-prefixes="xs math o opr u v"
     xpath-default-namespace="http://csrc.nist.gov/ns/oscal/1.0" >
-    
-    <!-- XSLT 2.0 so as to validate against XSLT 3.0 constructs -->
+
     
     <!-- How to specify top-level UUID for result catalog:
 
@@ -27,6 +28,9 @@
         $uuid-method, $top-uuid, and $uuid-service. -->
     <xsl:import href="uuid-method-choice.xsl"/>
 
+    <!-- version-util.xsl has semantic version comparison. -->
+    <xsl:import href="version-util.xsl"/>
+    
     <!-- Top-level UUID for result catalog. -->
     <xsl:param name="top-uuid-computed"  as="xs:string">
         <xsl:call-template name="u:determine-uuid"/>
@@ -38,9 +42,6 @@
         metadata, due to privacy or security concerns. This parameter is
         passed from oscal-profile-RESOLVE.xsl and the end user can override it. -->
     <xsl:param name="hide-source-profile-uri" as="xs:boolean" select="false()"/>
-    
-    <!-- Version of this resolution tool -->
-    <xsl:variable name="tool-oscal-version" as="xs:string" select="'1.1.0'"/>
 
     <xsl:variable name="source-profile" as="xs:string"
         select="if ($hide-source-profile-uri) then 'profile' else $profile-origin-uri"/>
@@ -84,21 +85,42 @@
         <xsl:copy>
             <xsl:sequence select="opr:oscal-version(
                 .,
-                ancestor::profile/selection/metadata/oscal-version/normalize-space(),
-                $tool-oscal-version
+                ancestor::profile/selection/metadata/oscal-version/normalize-space()
                 )"/>
         </xsl:copy>
     </xsl:template>
 
-    <!-- If there is a common major version among all inputs,
-        return the most recent minor version or the tool version,
-        whichever is earlier.
-        If there is no common major version, return fatal error. -->
-    <xsl:function name="opr:oscal-version" as="xs:string">
+    <!-- Return the oscal-version of the source profile.
+        Perform error checking as in requirement
+        "req-meta-oscalversion-error".
+    -->
+    <xsl:function name="opr:oscal-version" as="xs:string" visibility="public">
+        <!-- Without visiblity="public" the XSpec test returns
+            XTDE0041: Cannot invoke function opr:oscal-version#2 externally, because it is not public
+        -->
         <xsl:param name="source" as="xs:string"/>
         <xsl:param name="imported" as="xs:string*"/>
-        <xsl:param name="tool" as="xs:string"/>
-        <xsl:value-of select="'TODO: Not implemented yet'"/>
+
+        <xsl:variable name="options" as="map(*)"
+            select="map{
+            'normalize-space': true(),
+            'supply-missing-zeros': true(),
+            'remove-leading-zeros': true(),
+            'allow-empty-string': true()
+            }"/>
+        <xsl:for-each select="$imported">
+            <xsl:if test="v:compare($source, ., $options) eq xs:integer(-1)">
+                <xsl:call-template name="mh:message-handler">
+                    <xsl:with-param name="message-type" select="'Error'"/>
+                    <xsl:with-param name="terminate" select="true()"/>
+                    <xsl:with-param name="text" expand-text="yes">Import uses oscal-version of {.
+                        }, which is newer than profile oscal-version of {
+                        $source}.</xsl:with-param>
+                </xsl:call-template>
+            </xsl:if>
+        </xsl:for-each>
+        <!-- Return the version from the source parameter. -->
+        <xsl:value-of select="$source"/>
     </xsl:function>
 
     <!--<xsl:template match="selection" mode="imported-metadata">
diff --git a/src/utils/util/resolver-pipeline/testing/2_metadata/metadata.xspec b/src/utils/util/resolver-pipeline/testing/2_metadata/metadata.xspec
index 2cb9d2fade..7c759423b4 100644
--- a/src/utils/util/resolver-pipeline/testing/2_metadata/metadata.xspec
+++ b/src/utils/util/resolver-pipeline/testing/2_metadata/metadata.xspec
@@ -226,8 +226,8 @@
                 <oscal-version>...</oscal-version>
             </x:expect>
         </x:scenario>
-        <x:scenario label="Sanity checks for calling opr:oscal-version with correct inputs: " pending="opr:oscal-version not implemented yet">
-            <x:scenario label="Most recent version is in selection metadata">
+        <x:scenario label="Sanity checks for calling opr:oscal-version with correct inputs: ">
+            <x:scenario label="Most recent version is in selection metadata" catch="yes">
                 <x:context select="/o:profile/o:metadata/o:oscal-version">
                     <profile>
                         <metadata>
@@ -252,9 +252,8 @@
                         </selection>
                     </profile>
                 </x:context>
-                <x:expect label="Most recent minor version mentioned in document">
-                    <oscal-version>1.0.4</oscal-version>
-                </x:expect>
+                <x:expect label="Error"
+                    test="$x:result instance of map(*) and $x:result('err') instance of map(*)"/>
             </x:scenario>
             <x:scenario label="Most recent version is in profile metadata">
                 <x:context select="/o:profile/o:metadata/o:oscal-version">
@@ -269,81 +268,51 @@
                         </selection>
                     </profile>
                 </x:context>
-                <x:expect label="Most recent minor version mentioned in document">
+                <x:expect label="Version from profile">
                     <oscal-version>1.0.4</oscal-version>
                 </x:expect>
             </x:scenario>
-            <x:scenario label="Tool version is older than document versions">
-                <x:context select="/o:profile/o:metadata/o:oscal-version">
-                    <profile>
-                        <metadata>
-                            <oscal-version>1.4.0</oscal-version>
-                        </metadata>
-                        <selection>
-                            <metadata>
-                                <oscal-version>1.2.0</oscal-version>
-                            </metadata>
-                        </selection>
-                    </profile>
-                </x:context>
-                <x:expect label="Tool version">
-                    <oscal-version>1.1.0</oscal-version>
-                </x:expect>
-            </x:scenario>
         </x:scenario>
     </x:scenario>
 
-    <x:scenario label="Tests for opr:oscal-version function" pending="opr:oscal-version not implemented yet">
+    <x:scenario label="Tests for opr:oscal-version function">
         <x:scenario label="Same major version">
-            <x:scenario label="Source profile version newer than imported document">
+            <x:scenario label="Source profile version at least as new as all imported documents">
                 <x:call function="opr:oscal-version">
                     <x:param name="source" select="'1.0.1'"/>
-                    <x:param name="imported" select="('1.0.0','1.0.0')"/>
-                    <x:param name="tool" select="'1.0.1'"/>
+                    <x:param name="imported" select="('1.0.0','1.0.1')"/>
                 </x:call>
-                <x:expect label="Newest minor version" select="'1.0.1'"/>
+                <x:expect label="Source version and no error" select="'1.0.1'"/>
             </x:scenario>
-            <x:scenario label="Source profile version older than imported document">
+            <x:scenario label="Source profile version older than at least one imported document" catch="yes">
                 <x:call function="opr:oscal-version">
                     <x:param name="source" select="'1.0.0'"/>
-                    <x:param name="imported" select="('1.0.1','1.0.1')"/>
-                    <x:param name="tool" select="'1.0.1'"/>
+                    <x:param name="imported" select="('1.0.0','1.0.1')"/>
                 </x:call>
-                <x:expect label="Newest minor version" select="'1.0.1'"/>
+                <x:expect label="Error"
+                    test="$x:result instance of map(*) and $x:result('err') instance of map(*)"/>
             </x:scenario>
-            <x:scenario label="Tool version is older">
+            <x:scenario label="Imported document has a newer pre-release identifier" catch="yes">
                 <x:call function="opr:oscal-version">
-                    <x:param name="source" select="'1.0.1'"/>
-                    <x:param name="imported" select="('1.0.1','1.0.1')"/>
-                    <x:param name="tool" select="'1.0.0'"/>
+                    <x:param name="source" select="'1.0.1-rc1'"/>
+                    <x:param name="imported" select="('1.0.0','1.0.1-rc2')"/>
                 </x:call>
-                <x:expect label="Tool version" select="'1.0.0'"/>
+                <x:expect label="Error"
+                    test="$x:result instance of map(*) and $x:result('err') instance of map(*)"/>
             </x:scenario>
         </x:scenario>
         <x:scenario label="Different major version">
-            <x:scenario label="Source profile version newer than imported document">
+            <x:scenario label="Source profile version at least as new as all imported documents">
                 <x:call function="opr:oscal-version">
                     <x:param name="source" select="'2.0.1'"/>
-                    <x:param name="imported" select="('1.0.0','1.0.0')"/>
-                    <x:param name="tool" select="'2.0.1'"/>
+                    <x:param name="imported" select="('1.37.40','1.37')"/>
                 </x:call>
-                <x:expect label="Error"
-                    test="$x:result instance of map(*) and $x:result('err') instance of map(*)"/>
+                <x:expect label="Source version and no error" select="'2.0.1'"/>
             </x:scenario>
-            <x:scenario label="Source profile version older than imported document">
+            <x:scenario label="Source profile version older than at least one imported document" catch="yes">
                 <x:call function="opr:oscal-version">
-                    <x:param name="source" select="'1.0.0'"/>
-                    <x:param name="imported" select="('2.0.1','2.0.1')"/>
-                    <x:param name="tool" select="'2.0.1'"/>
-                </x:call>
-                <x:expect label="Error"
-                    test="$x:result instance of map(*) and $x:result('err') instance of map(*)"/>
-            </x:scenario>
-            <x:scenario label="Tool version is older">
-                <x:call function="opr:oscal-version">
-                    <x:param name="source" select="'2.0.1'"/>
-                    <x:param name="imported" select="('2.0.1','2.0.1')"/>
-                    <x:param name="tool" select="'1.0.0'"/>
+                    <x:param name="source" select="'1.37.40'"/>
+                    <x:param name="imported" select="('2.0','1.0.1')"/>
                 </x:call>
                 <x:expect label="Error"
                     test="$x:result instance of map(*) and $x:result('err') instance of map(*)"/>
diff --git a/src/utils/util/resolver-pipeline/testing/2_metadata/version-util.xspec b/src/utils/util/resolver-pipeline/testing/2_metadata/version-util.xspec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..112fbdd6b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/util/resolver-pipeline/testing/2_metadata/version-util.xspec
@@ -0,0 +1,508 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<x:description xmlns:x="http://www.jenitennison.com/xslt/xspec"
+    xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
+    xmlns:v="http://csrc.nist.gov/ns/version"
+    stylesheet="../../version-util.xsl"
+    xslt-version="3.0">
+
+    <x:scenario label="Tests for v:compare function with two parameters">
+        <x:scenario label="Difference in 1st number">
+            <x:call function="v:compare">
+                <x:param select="'2.10.20'"/>
+                <x:param select="'1.20.30'"/>
+            </x:call>
+            <x:expect label="A is newer" select="xs:integer(1)"/>
+        </x:scenario>
+        <x:scenario label="Difference in 2nd number">
+            <x:call function="v:compare">
+                <x:param select="'5.2.10'"/>
+                <x:param select="'5.1.20'"/>
+            </x:call>
+            <x:expect label="A is newer" select="xs:integer(1)"/>
+        </x:scenario>
+        <x:scenario label="Difference in 3rd number">
+            <x:call function="v:compare">
+                <x:param select="'5.2.20'"/>
+                <x:param select="'5.2.10'"/>
+            </x:call>
+            <x:expect label="A is newer" select="xs:integer(1)"/>
+        </x:scenario>
+        <x:scenario label="Difference in pre-release, where ">
+            <!-- Examples of precedence from semver.org
+                1.0.0-alpha < 1.0.0-alpha.1 < 1.0.0-alpha.beta < 1.0.0-beta < 1.0.0-beta.2 < 1.0.0-beta.11 < 1.0.0-rc.1 < 1.0.0
+            -->
+            <x:scenario label="B equals A plus an extra part">
+                <x:call function="v:compare">
+                    <x:param select="'1.0.0-alpha'"/>
+                    <x:param select="'1.0.0-alpha.1'"/>
+                </x:call>
+                <x:expect label="A is older" select="xs:integer(-1)"/>
+            </x:scenario>
+            <x:scenario label="B equals A plus an extra part (another example)">
+                <x:call function="v:compare">
+                    <x:param select="'1.0.0-beta'"/>
+                    <x:param select="'1.0.0-beta.2'"/>
+                </x:call>
+                <x:expect label="A is older" select="xs:integer(-1)"/>
+            </x:scenario>
+            <x:scenario label="the A part is all-numeric, while B part has non-numeric character">
+                <x:call function="v:compare">
+                    <x:param select="'1.0.0-alpha.1'"/>
+                    <x:param select="'1.0.0-alpha.beta'"/>
+                </x:call>
+                <x:expect label="A is older" select="xs:integer(-1)"/>
+            </x:scenario>
+            <x:scenario label="both parts have non-numeric characters">
+                <x:call function="v:compare">
+                    <x:param select="'1.0.0-alpha.beta'"/>
+                    <x:param select="'1.0.0-beta'"/>
+                </x:call>
+                <x:expect label="A is older because alpha is before beta in ASCII sequence" select="xs:integer(-1)"/>
+            </x:scenario>
+            <x:scenario label="both parts have non-numeric characters (another example)">
+                <x:call function="v:compare">
+                    <x:param select="'1.0.0-beta.11'"/>
+                    <x:param select="'1.0.0-rc.1'"/>
+                </x:call>
+                <x:expect label="A is older because beta is before rc in ASCII sequence" select="xs:integer(-1)"/>
+            </x:scenario>
+            <x:scenario label="both parts are all-numeric">
+                <x:call function="v:compare">
+                    <x:param select="'1.0.0-beta.2'"/>
+                    <x:param select="'1.0.0-beta.11'"/>
+                </x:call>
+                <x:expect label="A is older because 2 is before 11 as numbers" select="xs:integer(-1)"/>
+            </x:scenario>
+            <x:scenario label="both parts are all-numeric, swapping order of input parameters">
+                <x:call function="v:compare">
+                    <x:param select="'1.0.0-beta.11'"/>
+                    <x:param select="'1.0.0-beta.2'"/>
+                </x:call>
+                <x:expect label="A is newer because 11 is after 2 as numbers" select="xs:integer(1)"/>
+            </x:scenario>
+            <x:scenario label="A has a pre-release part and B does not">
+                <x:call function="v:compare">
+                    <x:param select="'1.0.0-rc.1'"/>
+                    <x:param select="'1.0.0'"/>
+                </x:call>
+                <x:expect label="A is older" select="xs:integer(-1)"/>
+            </x:scenario>            
+        </x:scenario>
+        <x:scenario label="A and B differ only in build metadata, ">
+            <x:scenario label="with pre-release string">
+                <x:call function="v:compare">
+                    <x:param select="'1.0.0-alpha+001'"/>
+                    <x:param select="'1.0.0-alpha+002'"/>
+                </x:call>
+                <x:expect label="A and B have the same precedence, because build metadata does not affect precedence" select="xs:integer(0)"/>
+            </x:scenario>
+            <x:scenario label="without pre-release string">
+                <x:call function="v:compare">
+                    <x:param select="'1.0.0+exp.sha.5114f85'"/>
+                    <x:param select="'1.0.0+20130313144700'"/>
+                </x:call>
+                <x:expect label="A and B have the same precedence, because build metadata does not affect precedence" select="xs:integer(0)"/>
+            </x:scenario>
+        </x:scenario>
+        <x:scenario label="Improper form (two-parameter function does not make corrections)">
+            <x:scenario label="First string has improper form" catch="yes">
+                <x:call function="v:compare">
+                    <x:param select="'1.0'"/>
+                    <x:param select="'1.0.0'"/>
+                </x:call>
+                <x:expect label="Error" test="$x:result instance of map(*) and $x:result('err') instance of map(*)"/>
+            </x:scenario>
+            <x:scenario label="Second string has improper form" catch="yes">
+                <x:call function="v:compare">
+                    <x:param select="'1.0.0'"/>
+                    <x:param select="'1.0'"/>
+                </x:call>
+                <x:expect label="Error" test="$x:result instance of map(*) and $x:result('err') instance of map(*)"/>
+            </x:scenario>
+            <x:scenario label="Both strings have identical improper form" catch="yes">
+                <x:call function="v:compare">
+                    <x:param select="'1.0'"/>
+                    <x:param select="'1.0'"/>
+                </x:call>
+                <x:expect label="Error" test="$x:result instance of map(*) and $x:result('err') instance of map(*)"/>
+            </x:scenario>
+        </x:scenario>        
+    </x:scenario>
+
+    <x:scenario label="Tests for v:compare function with three parameters">
+        <x:scenario label="Normalize space ">
+            <x:scenario label="in A">
+                <x:call function="v:compare">
+                    <x:param select="' 1.0.0-draft '"/>
+                    <x:param select="'1.0.0-draft'"/>
+                    <x:param select="map{'normalize-space': true()}"/>
+                </x:call>
+                <x:expect label="A and B are the same" select="xs:integer(0)"/>
+            </x:scenario>
+            <x:scenario label="in B">
+                <x:call function="v:compare">
+                    <x:param select="'1.0.0-draft'"/>
+                    <x:param select="' 1.0.0-draft '"/>
+                    <x:param select="map{'normalize-space': true()}"/>
+                </x:call>
+                <x:expect label="A and B are the same" select="xs:integer(0)"/>
+            </x:scenario>
+        </x:scenario>
+        <x:scenario label="Supply missing zeros ">
+            <x:scenario label="in 'z' spot of A">
+                <x:call function="v:compare">
+                    <x:param select="'2.10-draft'"/>
+                    <x:param select="'2.10.0-draft'"/>
+                    <x:param select="map{'supply-missing-zeros': true()}"/>
+                </x:call>
+                <x:expect label="A and B are the same" select="xs:integer(0)"/>
+            </x:scenario>
+            <x:scenario label="in 'z' spot of B">
+                <x:call function="v:compare">
+                    <x:param select="'2.10.0'"/>
+                    <x:param select="'2.10'"/>
+                    <x:param select="map{'supply-missing-zeros': true()}"/>
+                </x:call>
+                <x:expect label="A and B are the same" select="xs:integer(0)"/>
+            </x:scenario>
+            <x:scenario label="in 'y' and 'z' spots of A">
+                <x:call function="v:compare">
+                    <x:param select="'5-draft'"/>
+                    <x:param select="'5.0.0-draft'"/>
+                    <x:param select="map{'supply-missing-zeros': true()}"/>
+                </x:call>
+                <x:expect label="A and B are the same" select="xs:integer(0)"/>
+            </x:scenario>
+            <x:scenario label="in 'y' and 'z' spots of B">
+                <x:call function="v:compare">
+                    <x:param select="'5.0.0'"/>
+                    <x:param select="'5'"/>
+                    <x:param select="map{'supply-missing-zeros': true()}"/>
+                </x:call>
+                <x:expect label="A and B are the same" select="xs:integer(0)"/>
+            </x:scenario>
+        </x:scenario>
+        <x:scenario label="Remove leading zeros ">
+            <x:scenario label="in A">
+                <x:call function="v:compare">
+                    <x:param select="'010.020.030-rc010.00'"/>
+                    <x:param select="'10.20.30-rc010.0'"/>
+                    <x:param select="map{'remove-leading-zeros': true()}"/>
+                </x:call>
+                <x:expect label="A and B are the same" select="xs:integer(0)"/>
+            </x:scenario>
+            <x:scenario label="in B">
+                <x:call function="v:compare">
+                    <x:param select="'10.20.30-rc010.0'"/>
+                    <x:param select="'010.020.030-rc010.00'"/>
+                    <x:param select="map{'remove-leading-zeros': true()}"/>
+                </x:call>
+                <x:expect label="A and B are the same" select="xs:integer(0)"/>
+            </x:scenario>
+            <x:scenario label="in A and B">
+                <x:call function="v:compare">
+                    <x:param select="'010.020.030-rc010.00'"/>
+                    <x:param select="'0010.0020.0030-rc010.000'"/>
+                    <x:param select="map{'remove-leading-zeros': true()}"/>
+                </x:call>
+                <x:expect label="A and B are the same" select="xs:integer(0)"/>
+            </x:scenario>
+            <x:scenario label="at beginning and end">
+                <x:call function="v:compare">
+                    <x:param select="'0.020.030-rc010.00'"/>
+                    <x:param select="'00.0020.0030-rc010.0'"/>
+                    <x:param select="map{'remove-leading-zeros': true()}"/>
+                </x:call>
+                <x:expect label="A and B are the same" select="xs:integer(0)"/>
+            </x:scenario>
+        </x:scenario>
+        <x:scenario label="Allow empty string ">
+            <x:scenario label="as first input">
+                <x:call function="v:compare">
+                    <x:param select="''"/>
+                    <x:param select="'1.0.0'"/>
+                    <x:param select="map{'allow-empty-string': true()}"/>
+                </x:call>
+                <x:expect label="B is newer" select="xs:integer(-1)"/>
+            </x:scenario>
+            <x:scenario label="as second input">
+                <x:call function="v:compare">
+                    <x:param select="'1.0.0'"/>
+                    <x:param select="''"/>
+                    <x:param select="map{'allow-empty-string': true()}"/>
+                </x:call>
+                <x:expect label="A is newer" select="xs:integer(1)"/>
+            </x:scenario>
+            <x:scenario label="for both inputs">
+                <x:call function="v:compare">
+                    <x:param select="''"/>
+                    <x:param select="''"/>
+                    <x:param select="map{'allow-empty-string': true()}"/>
+                </x:call>
+                <x:expect label="A and B are the same" select="xs:integer(0)"/>
+            </x:scenario>
+        </x:scenario>
+        <x:scenario label="Improper form even after modifications">
+            <x:scenario label="First string has improper form" catch="yes">
+                <x:call function="v:compare">
+                    <x:param select="'!2.0.0'"/>
+                    <x:param select="'1.0.0'"/>
+                    <x:param select="map{}"/>
+                </x:call>
+                <x:expect label="Error" test="$x:result instance of map(*) and $x:result('err') instance of map(*)"/>
+            </x:scenario>
+            <x:scenario label="Second string has improper form" catch="yes">
+                <x:call function="v:compare">
+                    <x:param select="'1.0.0'"/>
+                    <x:param select="'!0'"/>
+                    <x:param select="map{}"/>
+                </x:call>
+                <x:expect label="Error" test="$x:result instance of map(*) and $x:result('err') instance of map(*)"/>
+            </x:scenario>
+            <x:scenario label="Both strings have identical improper form" catch="yes">
+                <x:call function="v:compare">
+                    <x:param select="'!1.0.0'"/>
+                    <x:param select="'!1.0.0'"/>
+                    <x:param select="map{}"/>
+                </x:call>
+                <x:expect label="Error" test="$x:result instance of map(*) and $x:result('err') instance of map(*)"/>
+            </x:scenario>
+        </x:scenario>
+        <x:scenario label="Multiple modifications">
+            <x:call function="v:compare">
+                <x:param select="' 01.00-draft '"/>
+                <x:param select="'1.0.0-draft'"/>
+                <x:param select="map{
+                    'normalize-space': true(),
+                    'supply-missing-zeros': true(),
+                    'remove-leading-zeros': true(),
+                    'allow-empty-string': true()
+                    }"/>
+            </x:call>
+            <x:expect label="A and B are the same" select="xs:integer(0)"/>
+        </x:scenario>
+    </x:scenario>
+    
+    <x:scenario label="Tests for v:normalize-version function">
+        <x:scenario label="Multiple modifications requested">
+            <x:scenario label="Spot check 1">
+                <x:call function="v:normalize-version">
+                    <x:param select="' 01.00-draft '"/>
+                    <x:param select="map{
+                        'normalize-space': true(),
+                        'supply-missing-zeros': true(),
+                        'remove-leading-zeros': true()
+                        }"/>
+                </x:call>
+                <x:expect label="Removed space; inserted 0 for z; removed leading zeros" select="'1.0.0-draft'"/>
+            </x:scenario>
+            <x:scenario label="Spot check 2">
+                <x:call function="v:normalize-version">
+                    <x:param select="' 01.00-draft '"/>
+                    <x:param select="map{
+                        'normalize-space': true(),
+                        'supply-missing-zeros': true()
+                        }"/>
+                </x:call>
+                <x:expect label="Removed space; inserted 0 for z; leading zeros unchanged" select="'01.00.0-draft'"/>
+            </x:scenario>
+            <x:scenario label="Spot check 3">
+                <x:call function="v:normalize-version">
+                    <x:param select="' 01.00-draft '"/>
+                    <x:param select="map{
+                        'normalize-space': true(),
+                        'remove-leading-zeros': true()
+                        }"/>
+                </x:call>
+                <x:expect label="Removed space; did not insert 0 for z; removed leading zeros" select="'1.0-draft'"/>
+            </x:scenario>
+        </x:scenario>
+        <x:scenario label="No modifications requested">
+            <x:scenario label="Explicit values of false">
+                <x:call function="v:normalize-version">
+                    <x:param select="' 01.00-draft '"/>
+                    <x:param select="map{
+                        'normalize-space': false(),
+                        'supply-missing-zeros': false(),
+                        'remove-leading-zeros': false()
+                        }"/>
+                </x:call>
+                <x:expect label="Input string is unchanged" select="' 01.00-draft '"/>
+            </x:scenario>
+            <x:scenario label="Relevant options omitted, and unknown options supplied">
+                <x:call function="v:normalize-version">
+                    <x:param select="' 01.00-draft '"/>
+                    <x:param select="map{
+                        'unknown1': false(),
+                        'unknown2': true()
+                        }"/>
+                </x:call>
+                <x:expect label="Input string is unchanged" select="' 01.00-draft '"/>
+            </x:scenario>
+            <x:scenario label="Empty map">
+                <x:call function="v:normalize-version">
+                    <x:param select="' 01.00-draft '"/>
+                    <x:param select="map{}"/>
+                </x:call>
+                <x:expect label="Input string is unchanged" select="' 01.00-draft '"/>
+            </x:scenario>
+        </x:scenario>
+    </x:scenario>
+
+    <x:scenario label="Tests for v:normalize-space-option function">
+        <x:scenario label="option = true">
+            <x:call function="v:normalize-space-option">
+                <x:param select="' a b '"/>
+                <x:param select="true()"/>
+            </x:call>
+            <x:expect label="Input string without leading or trailing space" select="'a b'"/>
+        </x:scenario>
+        <x:scenario label="option = false">
+            <x:call function="v:normalize-space-option">
+                <x:param select="' a b '"/>
+                <x:param select="false()"/>
+            </x:call>
+            <x:expect label="Input string unchanged" select="' a b '"/>
+        </x:scenario>
+        <x:scenario label="option = empty sequence">
+            <x:call function="v:normalize-space-option">
+                <x:param select="' a b '"/>
+                <x:param select="()"/>
+            </x:call>
+            <x:expect label="Input string unchanged" select="' a b '"/>
+        </x:scenario>
+    </x:scenario>
+
+    <x:scenario label="Tests for v:supply-missing-zeros function">
+        <x:scenario label="Missing z, prerelease string, option = true">
+            <x:call function="v:supply-missing-zeros">
+                <x:param select="'2.10-draft.3'"/>
+                <x:param select="true()"/>
+            </x:call>
+            <x:expect label="z inserted" select="'2.10.0-draft.3'"/>
+        </x:scenario>
+        <x:scenario label="Missing y and z, prerelease string, option = true">
+            <x:call function="v:supply-missing-zeros">
+                <x:param select="'2-draft.3'"/>
+                <x:param select="true()"/>
+            </x:call>
+            <x:expect label="y and z inserted" select="'2.0.0-draft.3'"/>
+        </x:scenario>
+        <x:scenario label="Missing z, no prerelease string, option = true">
+            <x:call function="v:supply-missing-zeros">
+                <x:param select="'2.10'"/>
+                <x:param select="true()"/>
+            </x:call>
+            <x:expect label="z inserted" select="'2.10.0'"/>
+        </x:scenario>
+        <x:scenario label="Missing y and z, no prerelease string, option = true">
+            <x:call function="v:supply-missing-zeros">
+                <x:param select="'2'"/>
+                <x:param select="true()"/>
+            </x:call>
+            <x:expect label="y and z inserted" select="'2.0.0'"/>
+        </x:scenario>
+        <x:scenario label="option = false">
+            <x:call function="v:supply-missing-zeros">
+                <x:param select="'1.2-draft.3'"/>
+                <x:param select="false()"/>
+            </x:call>
+            <x:expect label="Input string unchanged" select="'1.2-draft.3'"/>
+        </x:scenario>
+        <x:scenario label="option = empty sequence">
+            <x:call function="v:supply-missing-zeros">
+                <x:param select="'1.2-draft.3'"/>
+                <x:param select="()"/>
+            </x:call>
+            <x:expect label="Input string unchanged" select="'1.2-draft.3'"/>
+        </x:scenario>
+    </x:scenario>
+
+    <x:scenario label="Tests for v:remove-leading-zeros">
+        <x:scenario label="option = true">
+            <x:call function="v:remove-leading-zeros">
+                <x:param select="'010.020.030-rc010.-010.020'"/>
+                <x:param select="true()"/>
+            </x:call>
+            <x:expect label="Leading zeros removed from the all-numeric identifiers"
+                select="'10.20.30-rc010.-010.20'"/>
+        </x:scenario>
+        <x:scenario label="option = true, no prerelease part">
+            <x:call function="v:remove-leading-zeros">
+                <x:param select="'010.020.030'"/>
+                <x:param select="true()"/>
+            </x:call>
+            <x:expect label="Leading zeros removed from the all-numeric identifiers"
+                select="'10.20.30'"/>
+        </x:scenario>
+        <x:scenario label="option = false">
+            <x:call function="v:remove-leading-zeros">
+                <x:param select="'010.020.030-rc010.-010.020'"/>
+                <x:param select="false()"/>
+            </x:call>
+            <x:expect label="Input string unchanged" select="'010.020.030-rc010.-010.020'"/>
+        </x:scenario>
+        <x:scenario label="option = empty sequence">
+            <x:call function="v:remove-leading-zeros">
+                <x:param select="'010.020.030-rc010.-010.020'"/>
+                <x:param select="()"/>
+            </x:call>
+            <x:expect label="Input string unchanged" select="'010.020.030-rc010.-010.020'"/>
+        </x:scenario>
+    </x:scenario>
+
+    <x:scenario label="Tests for v:version-to-xyz function">
+        <x:scenario label="String with three dot-separated numeric parts">
+            <x:call function="v:version-to-xyz">
+                <x:param select="'1.22.333'"/>
+                <x:param select="false()"/>
+            </x:call>
+            <x:expect label="Sequence of three numbers as strings" select="('1', '22', '333')"/>
+        </x:scenario>
+        <x:scenario label="String with two dot-separated numeric parts">
+            <x:call function="v:version-to-xyz">
+                <x:param select="'1.22'"/>
+                <x:param select="true()"/>
+            </x:call>
+            <x:expect label="Sequence of three numbers as strings with zero in 3rd spot" select="('1', '22', '0')"/>
+        </x:scenario>
+        <x:scenario label="String with one number">
+            <x:call function="v:version-to-xyz">
+                <x:param select="'1'"/>
+                <x:param select="true()"/>
+            </x:call>
+            <x:expect label="Sequence of three numbers as strings with zero in 2nd and 3rd spot" select="('1', '0', '0')"/>
+        </x:scenario>
+        <x:scenario label="String with hyphen between the numbers">
+            <x:call function="v:version-to-xyz">
+                <x:param select="'1-22-333'"/>
+                <x:param select="true()"/>
+            </x:call>
+            <!-- The "-22-333" substring would be interpreted as a pre-release descriptor, not the y.z in an x.y.z pattern -->
+            <x:expect label="Sequence of three numbers as strings with zero in 2nd and 3rd spot" select="('1', '0', '0')"/>
+        </x:scenario>
+        <x:scenario label="Fewer than 3 dot-separated numbers, and 2nd input is false">
+            <x:call function="v:version-to-xyz">
+                <x:param select="'1:22:333'"/>
+                <x:param select="false()"/>
+            </x:call>
+            <x:expect label="Sequence of three numbers as strings with empty string in 2nd and 3rd spot" select="('1', '', '')"/>
+        </x:scenario>
+        <x:scenario label="Error cases">
+            <x:scenario label="Empty string" catch="yes">
+                <x:call function="v:version-to-xyz">
+                    <x:param select="''"/>
+                    <x:param select="false()"/>
+                </x:call>
+                <x:expect label="Error" test="$x:result instance of map(*) and $x:result('err') instance of map(*)"/>
+            </x:scenario>
+            <x:scenario label="String with non-numeric first character" catch="yes">
+                <x:call function="v:version-to-xyz">
+                    <x:param select="'v1.22.333'"/>
+                    <x:param select="false()"/>
+                </x:call>
+                <x:expect label="Error" test="$x:result instance of map(*) and $x:result('err') instance of map(*)"/>
+            </x:scenario>
+        </x:scenario>
+    </x:scenario>
+</x:description>
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
+    xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:v="http://csrc.nist.gov/ns/version"
+    exclude-result-prefixes="xs v" version="3.0">
+
+    <!-- Reference for Semantic Versioning 2.0.0: semver.org -->
+
+    <!-- Regular expression to check that a string is a valid semantic version, from semver.org.
+         Capture groups: cg1 = major, cg2 = minor, cg3 = patch, cg4 = pre-release and cg5 = buildmetadata-->
+    <xsl:variable name="semver-regexp" as="xs:string"
+        select="'^(0|[1-9]\d*)\.(0|[1-9]\d*)\.(0|[1-9]\d*)(?:-((?:0|[1-9]\d*|\d*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*)(?:\.(?:0|[1-9]\d*|\d*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*))*))?(?:\+([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?$'"/>
+
+    <!-- Compare two semantic version strings for precedence.
+        
+        Parameters:
+        * $A: Version string, assumed valid according to Semantic Versioning 2.0.0.
+        * $B: Version string, assumed valid according to Semantic Versioning 2.0.0.
+
+        Return values, imitating the XPath compare() function for strings:
+        * -1 if $A is older than $B
+        *  0 if $A and $B indicate the same version, not counting build metadata
+        *  1 if $A is newer than $B
+    -->
+    <xsl:function name="v:compare" as="xs:integer">
+        <xsl:param name="A" as="xs:string"/>
+        <xsl:param name="B" as="xs:string"/>
+
+        <!-- This two-parameter function assumes both strings are valid. -->
+        <xsl:if test="not(matches($A, $semver-regexp))">
+            <xsl:message terminate="yes" expand-text="yes">{$A} is not a valid semantic version.</xsl:message>
+        </xsl:if>
+        <xsl:if test="not(matches($B, $semver-regexp))">
+            <xsl:message terminate="yes" expand-text="yes">{$B} is not a valid semantic version.</xsl:message>
+        </xsl:if>
+
+        <!-- Remove build metadata, which is irrelevant for precedence. -->
+        <xsl:variable name="remove-build-metadata" as="function(*)" select="
+            function ($str as xs:string) as xs:string {
+            replace($str, '\+.*$', '')
+            }"/>
+        <xsl:variable name="A-trunc" as="xs:string" select="$remove-build-metadata($A)"/>
+        <xsl:variable name="B-trunc" as="xs:string" select="$remove-build-metadata($B)"/>
+        <xsl:variable name="A-numeric-parts" as="xs:integer+"
+            select="v:version-to-xyz(normalize-space($A-trunc), false()) ! xs:integer(.)"/>
+        <xsl:variable name="B-numeric-parts" as="xs:integer+"
+            select="v:version-to-xyz(normalize-space($B-trunc), false()) ! xs:integer(.)"/>
+
+        <!-- Check if the x.y.z parts of $A and $B differ. After finding a difference,
+            break out of the loop because the remainder of the string is irrelevant. -->
+        <xsl:variable name="comparison-of-xyz" as="xs:integer?">
+            <xsl:iterate select="(1, 2, 3)">
+                <xsl:variable name="index" select="."/>
+                <xsl:variable name="A-this-part" as="xs:integer" select="$A-numeric-parts[$index]"/>
+                <xsl:variable name="B-this-part" as="xs:integer" select="$B-numeric-parts[$index]"/>
+                <xsl:choose>
+                    <xsl:when test="$A-this-part lt $B-this-part">
+                        <!-- $A is older -->
+                        <xsl:sequence select="xs:integer(-1)"/>
+                        <xsl:break/>
+                    </xsl:when>
+                    <xsl:when test="$A-this-part gt $B-this-part">
+                        <!-- $A is newer -->
+                        <xsl:sequence select="xs:integer(1)"/>
+                        <xsl:break/>
+                    </xsl:when>
+                </xsl:choose>
+            </xsl:iterate>
+        </xsl:variable>
+        <xsl:choose>
+            <xsl:when test="$A-trunc eq $B-trunc">
+                <xsl:sequence select="xs:integer(0)"/>
+            </xsl:when>
+            <xsl:when test="exists($comparison-of-xyz)">
+                <!-- $A and $B differ in their x.y.z pattern. No need to consider pre-release descriptors. -->
+                <xsl:sequence select="$comparison-of-xyz"/>
+            </xsl:when>
+            <xsl:when test="(contains($A-trunc, '-')) and not(contains($B-trunc, '-'))">
+                <!-- $A and $B have the same x.y.z pattern, and only $A has a pre-release descriptor. $A is older. -->
+                <xsl:sequence select="xs:integer(-1)"/>
+            </xsl:when>
+            <xsl:when test="not(contains($A-trunc, '-')) and (contains($B-trunc, '-'))">
+                <!-- $A and $B have the same x.y.z pattern, and only $B has a pre-release descriptor. $B is older. -->
+                <xsl:sequence select="xs:integer(1)"/>
+            </xsl:when>
+            <xsl:otherwise>
+                <!-- $A and $B differ only in their pre-release descriptors, which both exist and which we compare here. -->
+                <xsl:variable name="A-pre-release-parts" as="xs:string+"
+                    select="$A-trunc => substring-after('-') => tokenize('\.')"/>
+                <xsl:variable name="B-pre-release-parts" as="xs:string+"
+                    select="$B-trunc => substring-after('-') => tokenize('\.')"/>
+                <xsl:variable name="comparison-of-pre-release" as="xs:integer?">
+                    <xsl:iterate select="1 to max( (count($A-pre-release-parts), count($B-pre-release-parts)) )">
+                        <xsl:variable name="index" select="."/>
+                        <xsl:variable name="A-this-part" as="xs:string?" select="$A-pre-release-parts[$index]"/>
+                        <xsl:variable name="B-this-part" as="xs:string?" select="$B-pre-release-parts[$index]"/>
+                        <xsl:variable name="has-non-numeric" as="function(*)" select="
+                            function ($str as xs:string) as xs:boolean {
+                            matches($str, '[a-zA-Z-]')
+                            }"/>
+                        <xsl:choose>
+                            <xsl:when test="empty($A-this-part)">
+                                <!-- $A doesn't have this part (and $B does, or else $index would exceed max(...) in xsl:iterate). $B is newer. -->
+                                <xsl:sequence select="xs:integer(-1)"/>
+                                <xsl:break/>
+                            </xsl:when>
+                            <xsl:when test="empty($B-this-part)">
+                                <!-- $B doesn't have this part (and $A does). $A is newer. -->
+                                <xsl:sequence select="xs:integer(1)"/>
+                                <xsl:break/>
+                            </xsl:when>
+                            <!-- Beyond this point, $A and $B have nonempty items to compare. -->
+                            <xsl:when test="$A-this-part eq $B-this-part">
+                                <!-- Skip to next iteration. -->
+                            </xsl:when>
+                            <xsl:when test="($has-non-numeric($A-this-part)) and not($has-non-numeric($B-this-part))">
+                                <!-- $A is newer because numeric identifiers have lower precedence than non-numeric identifiers. -->
+                                <xsl:sequence select="xs:integer(1)"/>
+                                <xsl:break/>
+                            </xsl:when>
+                            <xsl:when test="not($has-non-numeric($A-this-part)) and ($has-non-numeric($B-this-part))">
+                                <!-- $B is newer because numeric identifiers have lower precedence than non-numeric identifiers. -->
+                                <xsl:sequence select="xs:integer(-1)"/>
+                                <xsl:break/>
+                            </xsl:when>
+                            <!-- Beyond this point, both identifiers are all-numeric or neither is all-numeric. -->
+                            <xsl:when test="$has-non-numeric($A-this-part)">
+                                <xsl:sequence select="compare($A-this-part, $B-this-part)"/>
+                                <xsl:break/>
+                            </xsl:when>
+                            <xsl:when test="number($A-this-part) lt number($B-this-part)">
+                                <xsl:sequence select="xs:integer(-1)"/>
+                                <xsl:break/>
+                            </xsl:when>
+                            <xsl:when test="number($A-this-part) gt number($B-this-part)">
+                                <xsl:sequence select="xs:integer(1)"/>
+                                <xsl:break/>
+                            </xsl:when>
+                        </xsl:choose>
+                    </xsl:iterate>
+                </xsl:variable>
+                <xsl:sequence select="$comparison-of-pre-release"/>
+            </xsl:otherwise>
+        </xsl:choose>
+    </xsl:function>
+    
+    <!-- Compare two strings for precedence according to Semantic Versioning 2.0.0.
+        If the strings are not valid version strings, then they must be modifiable
+        in specific ways to produce valid version strings. 
+
+        Parameters:
+        * $A: Version string.
+        * $B: Version string.
+        * $options: Map that determines ways in which the function can handle
+          $A and $B if they are not valid version strings. The default behavior
+          if any option is omitted or false is not to allow the handling described.
+
+          Keys in $options map:
+          * 'normalize-space': If true, normalize space in each string.
+          * 'supply-missing-zeros': If true, supply missing y or z as zero.
+          * 'remove-leading-zeros': If true, remove leading zeros from x, y, or z.
+          * 'allow-empty-string': If true, empty string is allowed and considered the
+            oldest possible version.
+
+        Return values, imitating the XPath compare() function for strings:
+        * -1 if $A is older than $B
+        *  0 if $A and $B indicate the same version, not counting build metadata
+        *  1 if $A is newer than $B
+    -->
+    <xsl:function name="v:compare" as="xs:integer">
+        <xsl:param name="A" as="xs:string"/>
+        <xsl:param name="B" as="xs:string"/>
+        <xsl:param name="options" as="map(*)?"/>
+        <xsl:choose>
+            <xsl:when test="($A = '' or $B = '') and $options('allow-empty-string')">
+                <xsl:sequence select="compare($A, $B)"/>
+            </xsl:when>
+            <xsl:otherwise>
+                <!-- Modify $A and $B as $options indicates, and call the v:compare
+                    function implementation that assumes valid inputs. At that point,
+                    if either input is still not a valid Semantic Version 2.0.0
+                    string, that function will issue a fatal error. -->
+                <xsl:sequence select="v:compare(
+                    v:normalize-version($A, $options),
+                    v:normalize-version($B, $options)
+                    )"/>
+            </xsl:otherwise>
+        </xsl:choose>
+    </xsl:function>
+
+    <!-- Modify $str as the $options map indicates, in an effort to make $str
+        a valid Semantic Versioning 2.0.0 string.
+
+        Parameters:
+        * $str: String.
+        * $options: Map that determines modifications the function applies to
+          $str. The default behavior if any option is omitted or false is not
+          to perform the modification described.
+
+          Keys in $options map:
+          * 'normalize-space': If true, normalize space in $str.
+          * 'supply-missing-zeros': If true, supply missing y or z as zero.
+          * 'remove-leading-zeros': If true, remove leading zeros from x, y, or z.        
+    -->
+    <xsl:function name="v:normalize-version" as="xs:string">
+        <xsl:param name="str" as="xs:string"/>
+        <xsl:param name="options" as="map(*)"/>
+        <xsl:sequence select="$str
+            => v:normalize-space-option($options('normalize-space'))
+            => v:supply-missing-zeros($options('supply-missing-zeros'))
+            => v:remove-leading-zeros($options('remove-leading-zeros'))
+            "/>
+    </xsl:function>
+
+    <!-- ======================================= -->
+    <!-- Helper functions -->
+
+    <!-- Normalize space in $str, if $option is true. If $option
+        is false or empty, return $str unchanged.
+    
+        Assumptions about content of $str: None
+    -->
+    <xsl:function name="v:normalize-space-option" as="xs:string">
+        <xsl:param name="str" as="xs:string"/>
+        <xsl:param name="option" as="xs:boolean?"/>
+        <xsl:sequence select="if ($option) then normalize-space($str) else $str"/>
+    </xsl:function>
+
+    <!-- Supply missing zeros in y or z spots of $str if $option is true,
+        e.g., convert 1.2 to 1.2.0 and 1 to 1.0.0. If $option is false
+        or empty, return $str unchanged.
+    
+        Assumptions about content of $str: Series of one to three nonnegative numeric
+        identifiers separated by dots, optionally followed by a hyphen and
+        more string content.
+    -->
+    <xsl:function name="v:supply-missing-zeros" as="xs:string">
+        <xsl:param name="str" as="xs:string"/>
+        <xsl:param name="option" as="xs:boolean?"/>
+        <xsl:choose>
+            <xsl:when test="$option">
+                <xsl:variable name="prerelease-part" as="xs:string"
+                    select="substring-after($str,'-')"/>
+                <xsl:variable name="modified-xyz-part" as="xs:string"
+                    select="$str
+                    => v:version-to-xyz(true())
+                    => string-join('.')
+                    "/>
+                <xsl:sequence select="
+                    if ($prerelease-part != '')
+                    then concat($modified-xyz-part, '-', $prerelease-part)
+                    else $modified-xyz-part
+                    "/>
+            </xsl:when>
+            <xsl:otherwise>
+                <xsl:sequence select="$str"/>
+            </xsl:otherwise>
+        </xsl:choose>
+    </xsl:function>
+
+    <!-- Remove leading zeros from numeric identifiers in $str if
+        $option is true. If $option is false or empty, return
+        $str unchanged.
+        
+        Assumptions about content of $str: Series of dot-separated
+        identifiers, optionally followed by a hyphen and another
+        series of dot-separated identifiers.
+    -->
+    <xsl:function name="v:remove-leading-zeros" as="xs:string">
+        <xsl:param name="str" as="xs:string"/>
+        <xsl:param name="option" as="xs:boolean?"/>
+        <xsl:choose>
+            <xsl:when test="$option">
+                <xsl:variable name="xyz-part" as="xs:string" select="replace($str, '\-.*$', '')"/>
+                <xsl:variable name="prerelease-part" as="xs:string" select="substring-after($str, '-')"/>
+                <!-- If $str contains no hyphens, $xyz-part equals $str and $prerelease part equals ''. -->
+
+                <!-- Tokenize string by dots, and remove leading zeros from each identifier
+                    that is a nonnegative number with at least one leading zero. -->
+                <xsl:variable name="identifier-seq-without-leading-zeros" as="function(*)"
+                    select="function($s as xs:string) as xs:string* {
+                    for $part in tokenize($s, '\.')
+                    return
+                        if (matches($part,'^0[0-9]+$'))
+                        then xs:string(xs:integer($part))
+                        else $part
+                    }"/>
+                <xsl:variable name="modified-xyz-parts" as="xs:string+"
+                    select="$identifier-seq-without-leading-zeros($xyz-part)"/>
+                <xsl:variable name="modified-prerelease-parts" as="xs:string*"
+                    select="$identifier-seq-without-leading-zeros($prerelease-part)"/>
+
+                <!-- Join the individual identifiers with dots, and then join the xyz string to the 
+                    prerelease string with a hyphen. The purpose of the [.] predicate is to
+                    make $modified-prerelease-part-or-empty-seq an empty sequence rather than
+                    an empty string, in case there is no prerelease part. That way, the return
+                    value of this function does not have a trailing hyphen (e.g., 1.2.3-) in that case. -->
+                <xsl:variable name="modified-prerelease-part-or-empty-seq" as="xs:string?"
+                    select="string-join($modified-prerelease-parts, '.')[.]"/>
+                <xsl:sequence select="string-join(
+                    (string-join($modified-xyz-parts, '.'), $modified-prerelease-part-or-empty-seq),
+                    '-')"/>
+            </xsl:when>
+            <xsl:otherwise>
+                <xsl:sequence select="$str"/>
+            </xsl:otherwise>
+        </xsl:choose>
+    </xsl:function>
+
+    <!-- Parse a version string, $ver, and return 3 numbers as strings.
+        Choice of error handling:
+        * If $supply-missing-zeros is true, use zero for 2nd or 3rd number
+          if it is missing from $ver.
+        * If $supply-missing-zeros is false, error if 2nd or 3rd number is missing.
+
+        Example: $ver='1.2.3'. Returns ('1', '2', '3').
+        Example: $ver='1.2', $supply-missing-zeros=true. Returns ('1', '2', '0').
+        Example: $ver='1.2', $supply-missing-zeros=false. Returns error.
+        
+        Assumptions about content of $ver: Series of one to three nonnegative
+        numeric identifiers separated by dots, optionally followed by more
+        string content that the function ignores.
+    -->
+    <xsl:function name="v:version-to-xyz" as="xs:string+">
+        <xsl:param name="ver" as="xs:string"/>
+        <xsl:param name="supply-missing-zeros" as="xs:boolean"/>
+        <xsl:analyze-string select="$ver" regex="^([0-9]+)(\.([0-9]+))?(\.([0-9]+))?">
+            <xsl:matching-substring>
+                <xsl:sequence select="regex-group(1)"/>
+                <xsl:choose>
+                    <xsl:when test="$supply-missing-zeros">
+                        <!-- Second and third numbers if present, or zero as default-->
+                        <xsl:sequence select="(regex-group(3), '0')[.][1]"/>
+                        <xsl:sequence select="(regex-group(5), '0')[.][1]"/>
+                    </xsl:when>
+                    <xsl:otherwise>
+                        <!-- Second and third numbers. If either one is not present,
+                        these instructions will return an empty string. Note that an
+                        empty string cannot be converted to xs:integer. -->
+                        <xsl:sequence select="regex-group(3)"/>
+                        <xsl:sequence select="regex-group(5)"/>
+                    </xsl:otherwise>
+                </xsl:choose>
+            </xsl:matching-substring>
+        </xsl:analyze-string>
+    </xsl:function>
+</xsl:stylesheet>
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