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+xquery version "3.1";
+
+(:
+    A basic health check endpoint for monitoring services
+:)
+
+declare namespace output="http://www.w3.org/2010/xslt-xquery-serialization";
+
+declare option output:method "json";
+declare option output:indent "yes";
+
+map {
+    "status": "ok",
+    "time": current-dateTime()
+}