diff --git a/src/pugixml.cpp b/src/pugixml.cpp
index cec242b..cb8bfa3 100644
--- a/src/pugixml.cpp
+++ b/src/pugixml.cpp
@@ -3132,7 +3132,7 @@ PUGI__NS_BEGIN
 							PUGI__SCANFOR(s[0] == ']' && s[1] == ']' && PUGI__ENDSWITH(s[2], '>'));
 							PUGI__CHECK_ERROR(status_bad_cdata, s);
 
-							cursor->value_len = s - cursor->value;
+							cursor->value_len = static_cast<int>(s - cursor->value);
 							*s++ = '\0'; // Zero-terminate this segment.
 						}
 					}
@@ -5230,6 +5230,11 @@ namespace pugi
 		return (_attr && _attr->value) ? _attr->value + 0 : def;
 	}
 
+	PUGI__FN string_view_t xml_attribute::as_string_sv(string_view_t def) const
+	{
+		return (_attr && _attr->value) ? string_view_t(_attr->value + 0, _attr->value_len) : def;
+	}
+
 	PUGI__FN int xml_attribute::as_int(int def) const
 	{
 		return (_attr && _attr->value) ? impl::get_value_int(_attr->value) : def;
@@ -5277,11 +5282,21 @@ namespace pugi
 		return (_attr && _attr->name) ? _attr->name + 0 : PUGIXML_TEXT("");
 	}
 
+	PUGI__FN string_view_t xml_attribute::name_sv() const
+	{
+		return (_attr && _attr->name) ? string_view_t(_attr->name + 0, _attr->name_len) : string_view_t(PUGIXML_TEXT(""), 0);
+	}
+
 	PUGI__FN const char_t* xml_attribute::value() const
 	{
 		return (_attr && _attr->value) ? _attr->value + 0 : PUGIXML_TEXT("");
 	}
 
+	PUGI__FN string_view_t xml_attribute::value_sv() const
+	{
+		return (_attr && _attr->value) ? string_view_t(_attr->value + 0, _attr->value_len) : string_view_t(PUGIXML_TEXT(""), 0);
+	}
+
 	PUGI__FN size_t xml_attribute::hash_value() const
 	{
 		return static_cast<size_t>(reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(_attr) / sizeof(xml_attribute_struct));
@@ -5556,6 +5571,11 @@ namespace pugi
 		return (_root && _root->name) ? _root->name + 0 : PUGIXML_TEXT("");
 	}
 
+	PUGI__FN string_view_t xml_node::name_sv() const
+	{
+		return (_root && _root->name) ? string_view_t(_root->name + 0, _root->name_len) : string_view_t(PUGIXML_TEXT(""), 0);
+	}
+
 	PUGI__FN xml_node_type xml_node::type() const
 	{
 		return _root ? PUGI__NODETYPE(_root) : node_null;
@@ -5566,6 +5586,11 @@ namespace pugi
 		return (_root && _root->value) ? _root->value + 0 : PUGIXML_TEXT("");
 	}
 
+	PUGI__FN string_view_t xml_node::value_sv() const
+	{
+		return (_root && _root->value) ? string_view_t(_root->value + 0, _root->value_len) : string_view_t(PUGIXML_TEXT(""), 0);
+	}
+
 	PUGI__FN xml_node xml_node::child(const char_t* name_) const
 	{
 		if (!_root) return xml_node();
@@ -5683,11 +5708,31 @@ namespace pugi
 		return PUGIXML_TEXT("");
 	}
 
+	PUGI__FN string_view_t xml_node::child_value_sv() const
+	{
+		if (!_root) return string_view_t(PUGIXML_TEXT(""), 0);
+
+		// element nodes can have value if parse_embed_pcdata was used
+		if (PUGI__NODETYPE(_root) == node_element && _root->value)
+			return string_view_t(_root->value, _root->value_len);
+
+		for (xml_node_struct* i = _root->first_child; i; i = i->next_sibling)
+			if (impl::is_text_node(i) && i->value)
+				return string_view_t(i->value, i->value_len);
+
+		return string_view_t(PUGIXML_TEXT(""), 0);
+	}
+
 	PUGI__FN const char_t* xml_node::child_value(const char_t* name_) const
 	{
 		return child(name_).child_value();
 	}
 
+	PUGI__FN string_view_t xml_node::child_value_sv(const char_t* name_) const
+	{
+		return child(name_).child_value_sv();
+	}
+
 	PUGI__FN xml_attribute xml_node::first_attribute() const
 	{
 		return _root ? xml_attribute(_root->first_attribute) : xml_attribute();
@@ -6513,6 +6558,13 @@ namespace pugi
 		return (d && d->value) ? d->value + 0 : PUGIXML_TEXT("");
 	}
 
+	PUGI__FN string_view_t xml_text::get_sv() const
+	{
+		xml_node_struct* d = _data();
+
+		return (d && d->value) ? string_view_t(d->value + 0, d->value_len) : string_view_t(PUGIXML_TEXT(""), 0);
+	}
+
 	PUGI__FN const char_t* xml_text::as_string(const char_t* def) const
 	{
 		xml_node_struct* d = _data();
@@ -6520,6 +6572,13 @@ namespace pugi
 		return (d && d->value) ? d->value + 0 : def;
 	}
 
+	PUGI__FN string_view_t xml_text::as_string_sv(string_view_t def) const
+	{
+		xml_node_struct* d = _data();
+
+		return (d && d->value) ? string_view_t(d->value + 0, d->value_len) : def;
+	}
+
 	PUGI__FN int xml_text::as_int(int def) const
 	{
 		xml_node_struct* d = _data();
diff --git a/src/pugixml.hpp b/src/pugixml.hpp
index 53edae8..a43c0a7 100644
--- a/src/pugixml.hpp
+++ b/src/pugixml.hpp
@@ -520,10 +520,14 @@ namespace pugi
 
 		// Get attribute name/value, or "" if attribute is empty
 		const char_t* name() const;
+		string_view_t name_sv() const;
+
 		const char_t* value() const;
+		string_view_t value_sv() const;
 
 		// Get attribute value, or the default value if attribute is empty
 		const char_t* as_string(const char_t* def = PUGIXML_TEXT("")) const;
+		string_view_t as_string_sv(string_view_t def = string_view_t(PUGIXML_TEXT(""), 0)) const;
 
 		// Get attribute value as a number, or the default value if conversion did not succeed or attribute is empty
 		int as_int(int def = 0) const;
@@ -632,10 +636,12 @@ namespace pugi
 
 		// Get node name, or "" if node is empty or it has no name
 		const char_t* name() const;
+		string_view_t name_sv() const;
 
 		// Get node value, or "" if node is empty or it has no value
 		// Note: For <node>text</node> node.value() does not return "text"! Use child_value() or text() methods to access text inside nodes.
 		const char_t* value() const;
+		string_view_t value_sv() const;
 
 		// Get attribute list
 		xml_attribute first_attribute() const;
@@ -669,9 +675,11 @@ namespace pugi
 
 		// Get child value of current node; that is, value of the first child node of type PCDATA/CDATA
 		const char_t* child_value() const;
+		string_view_t child_value_sv() const;
 
 		// Get child value of child with specified name. Equivalent to child(name).child_value().
 		const char_t* child_value(const char_t* name) const;
+		string_view_t child_value_sv(const char_t* name) const;
 
 		// Set node name/value (returns false if node is empty, there is not enough memory, or node can not have name/value)
 		bool set_name(string_view_t rhs, bool shallow_copy = false);
@@ -881,9 +889,11 @@ namespace pugi
 
 		// Get text, or "" if object is empty
 		const char_t* get() const;
+		string_view_t get_sv() const;
 
 		// Get text, or the default value if object is empty
 		const char_t* as_string(const char_t* def = PUGIXML_TEXT("")) const;
+		string_view_t as_string_sv(string_view_t def = string_view_t(PUGIXML_TEXT(""), 0)) const;
 
 		// Get text as a number, or the default value if conversion did not succeed or object is empty
 		int as_int(int def = 0) const;