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+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ Compilation involves the following steps :⁠—
 
 6. ⛩️📰 书社 compiles each output file to `build/result`.
 
-7. ⛩️📰 书社 symlinks most output files from `build/result` to
+7. ⛩️📰 书社 copies most output files from `build/result` to
      `build/public`, but it does some additional processing instead on
      those which indicate a non‐X·M·L desired final output form.
 
@@ -87,19 +87,23 @@ As this is a Make‐based program, steps will only be run if the
   corresponding buildfile or output file is older than its
   prerequisites.
 
-## Namespaces
+## Name·spaces
 
-The ⛩️📰 书社 namespace is `urn:fdc:ladys.computer:20231231:Shu1She4`.
+The ⛩️📰 书社 name·space is `urn:fdc:ladys.computer:20231231:Shu1She4`.
 
-This document uses a few namespace prefixes, with the following
+This document uses a few name·space prefixes, with the following
   meanings :⁠—
 
-|   Prefix | Expansion                                  |
-| -------: | :----------------------------------------- |
-|  `html:` | `http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml`             |
-| `xlink:` | `http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink`             |
-|  `xslt:` | `http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform`     |
-|  `书社:` | `urn:fdc:ladys.computer:20231231:Shu1She4` |
+|     Prefix | Expansion                                     |
+| ---------: | :-------------------------------------------- |
+| `catalog:` | `urn:oasis:names:tc:entity:xmlns:xml:catalog` |
+|    `exsl:` | `http://exslt.org/common`                     |
+| `exslstr:` | `http://exslt.org/strings`                    |
+|    `html:` | `http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml`                |
+|     `svg:` | `http://www.w3.org/2000/svg`                  |
+|   `xlink:` | `http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink`                |
+|    `xslt:` | `http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform`        |
+|    `书社:` | `urn:fdc:ladys.computer:20231231:Shu1She4`    |
 
 ## Setup and Configuration
 
@@ -293,7 +297,7 @@ New ⛩️📰 书社 parsers which target plaintext formats should have an
   `<xslt:template>` element with no `@name` or `@mode` and whose
   `@match` attribute…
 
-- Starts with an appropriately‐namespaced qualified name for a
+- Starts with an appropriately‐name·spaced qualified name for a
     `<html:script>` element.
 
 - Follows this with the string `[@type=`.
@@ -350,7 +354,7 @@ Parsers are applied *prior* to embedding (and can be used to generate
   embeds); transforms are applied *after*.
 
 It is **strongly recommended** that auxillary templates in parsers be
-  namespaced (by `@name` or `@mode`) whenever possible, to avoid
+  name·spaced (by `@name` or `@mode`) whenever possible, to avoid
   conflicts between parsers.
 
 ### Attributes added during parsing
@@ -432,6 +436,33 @@ Transforms are used to convert X·M·L files into their final output,
   To undo this behaviour, remove the `@itemscope` and `@itemtype`
     attributes from the embed during the transformation phase.
 
+- **`transforms/serialization.xslt`:**
+  Replaces `<书社:serialize-xml>` elements with the (escaped)
+    serialized X·M·L of their contents.
+  This replacement happens during the application phase, after most
+    other transformations have taken place.
+
+  If a `@with-namespaces` attribute is provided, any name·space nodes
+    on the toplevel serialized elements whose U·R·I’s correspond to the
+    definitions of the provided prefixes, as defined for the
+    `<书社:serialize-xml>` element, will be declared using name·space
+    attributes on the serialized elements.
+  Otherwise, only name·space nodes which _differ_ from the definitions
+    on the `<书社:serialize-xml>` element will be declared.
+  The string `#default` may be used to represent the default
+    name·space.
+  Multiple prefixes may be provided, separated by white·space.
+
+  When it comes to name·spaces used internally by ⛩️📰 书社, the
+    prefix used by ⛩️📰 书社 may be declared _in addition to_ the
+    prefix(es) used in the source document(s).
+  It is not possible to selectively only declare one prefix for a
+    name·space to the exclusion of others.
+
+  `<书社:raw-output>` elements may be used inside of
+    `<书社:serialize-xml>` elements to inject raw output into the
+    serialized X·M·L.
+
 The following are recommendations on effective creation of
   transforms :⁠—
 
@@ -439,10 +470,10 @@ The following are recommendations on effective creation of
   It is likely an error if two transforms have templates which match
     the same element (unless the templates have different priority).
 
-- Namespace templates (with `@name` or `@mode`) whenever possible.
+- Name·space templates (with `@name` or `@mode`) whenever possible.
 
 - Set `@exclude-result-prefixes` on the root `xslt:transform` element
-    to reduce the number of declared namespaces in the final result.
+    to reduce the number of declared name·spaces in the final result.
 
 ## Global Params
 
@@ -547,7 +578,7 @@ In both cases, attributes from various sources are combined with
 Attribute application takes place after all ordinary transforms have
   completed.
 
-Both elements ignore attributes in the `xml:` namespace, except for
+Both elements ignore attributes in the `xml:` name·space, except for
   `@xml:lang`, which ignores all but the first definition (including
   any already present on the root element).
 On H·T·M·L and S·V·G elements, `@lang` has the same behaviour as
@@ -555,7 +586,7 @@ On H·T·M·L and S·V·G elements, `@lang` has the same behaviour as
 
 ## Other Kinds of Output
 
-There are a few special elements in the `书社:` namespace which, if
+There are a few special elements in the `书社:` name·space which, if
   they appear as the toplevel element in a transformation result, cause
   ⛩️📰 书社 to produce something other than an X·M·L file.
 They are :⁠—