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Introduction to XPath

XPath is a finding information in an XML document language.


Before learning should have knowledge of:

Before you continue to learn, the following should have a basic understanding of:

  • HTML / XHTML
  • XML / XML Namespaces

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What is XPath?

XPath
  • XPath uses path expressions to navigate in XML documents
  • XPath contains a library of standard functions
  • XPath is a major element in XSLT
  • XPath is a W3C standard


XPath path expression

XPath uses path expressions to select nodes in an XML document or set of nodes. These path expressions and we have seen in a conventional computer file system is very similar expressions.


XPath Standard Functions

XPath contains over 100 built-in functions. These functions for string values, numeric, date and time comparison, node and QName manipulation, sequence manipulation, Boolean values, and so on.


Use XPath in XSLT

XPath is a major element in the XSLT standard. If there is no knowledge of XPath aspect, you will not be able to create XSLT documents.

You can in our "XSLT tutorial" read more content.

XQuery and XPointer are built on XPath expressions. XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 share the same data model and support the same functions and operators.

You can in our "XQuery tutorial" Read more about the XQuery knowledge.


XPath is a W3C standard

XPath on November 16, 1999 became a W3C standard.

XPath is designed for use by XSLT, XPointer and other XML parsing software.

You can us " the W3C tutorial read more about XPath standard" in.