Hi guys,

Can any one explain wat is Xpath?


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devarajan.V

XML Path Language (XPath) is a W3C specification that defines syntax for addressing parts of XML document. XML document is considered as a logical tree structure, and syntax based on this consideration is used to address elements and attributes at any level in the XML document. For example, considering the XML document /abc:Employees/abc:Emp/@EmpID XPath expression can be used to access the EmpID attribute under the (first) Emp element under the Employees document element. XPath is used in various other specifications such as XSLT.

hi,

some more information about XPath...

XPath is a language for finding information in an XML document. XPath is used to navigate through elements and attributes in an XML document.

* XPath is a syntax for defining parts of an XML document
* XPath uses path expressions to navigate in XML documents
* XPath contains a library of standard functions
* XPath is a major element in XSLT
[b] * XPath is a W3C Standard

XPath Path Expressions

XPath uses path expressions to select nodes or node-sets in an XML document. These path expressions look very much like the expressions you see when you work with a traditional computer file system.

XPath Standard Functions

XPath includes over 100 built-in functions. There are functions for string values, numeric values, date and time comparison, node and QName manipulation, sequence manipulation, Boolean values, and more.

XPath is Used in XSLT

XPath is a major element in the XSLT standard. Without XPath knowledge you will not be able to create XSLT documents.

XPath is a W3C Standard

XPath was designed to be used by XSLT, XPointer and other XML parsing software.

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XPath is a language for finding information in an XML document. XPath is used to navigate through elements and attributes in an XML document.

* XPath is a syntax for defining parts of an XML document
* 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

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* XPath is a syntax for defining parts of an XML document
* 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 Expressions

XPath uses path expressions to select nodes or node-sets in an XML document. These path expressions look very much like the expressions you see when you work with a traditional computer file system.

XPath Standard Functions

XPath includes over 100 built-in functions. There are functions for string values, numeric values, date and time comparison, node and QName manipulation, sequence manipulation, Boolean values, and more.