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|Returns the parent directory of the static base URI. <br/>If the Base static base URI property is undefinedor does not point to a local resource, it returns the empty sequence is returned. - If a static base URI exists, and if points to a local file pathOtherwise, this function it returns the same result as the expression {{Code|file:parent(static-base-uri())}}.
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