docs: def are_equivalent_xml(a_xml, b_xml):
      """Check if two ReplicationPolicy XML docs are semantically equivalent.
  
      The ReplicationPolicy XML docs are normalized before comparison.
  
      Args:
        a_xml, b_xml: ReplicationPolicy XML docs to compare
  
      Returns:
        bool: ``True`` if the resulting policies for the two objects are semantically
        equivalent.
  
      """
      return are_equivalent_pyxb(
          d1_common.xml.deserialize(a_xml), d1_common.xml.deserialize(b_xml)
      )