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Name: XPath
ID: m43489
Language: English (en)
Summary: XPath (XML Path Language) is a query language for selecting nodes from an XML document.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: XML, XPath, XSLT
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 3.0
Authors: Hannes Hirzel (hannes.hirzel@gmail.com)
Copyright Holders: Hannes Hirzel (hannes.hirzel@gmail.com)
Maintainers: Hannes Hirzel (hannes.hirzel@gmail.com)
Latest version: 1.8 (history)
First publication date: May 1, 2012 11:19 am -0500
Last revision to module: Oct 8, 2012 8:14 pm -0500

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Version History

Version: 1.8 Oct 8, 2012 8:14 pm -0500 by Hannes Hirzel
Changes: 
Added a third XPath example.
Version: 1.7 Oct 8, 2012 7:27 am -0500 by Hannes Hirzel
Changes: 
Added a note which illustrates the abbreviation @ for having a condition on attribute values.
Version: 1.6 Aug 22, 2012 9:42 pm -0500 by Hannes Hirzel
Changes: 
Added link to cnx module which refers to the XPath lecture and demo by Jennifer Widom.
Version: 1.5 Jun 13, 2012 10:16 am -0500 by Hannes Hirzel
Changes: 
Added link to article on ibm.com/developerworks which explains how XQuery and XPath are related.
Version: 1.4 Jun 13, 2012 5:22 am -0500 by Hannes Hirzel
Changes: 
Added link to XPath intro and demo of Stanford School of Engineering (Jennifer Wisdom)
Version: 1.3 Jun 2, 2012 3:36 am -0500 by Hannes Hirzel
Changes: 
note about // abbreviation added.
Version: 1.2 May 29, 2012 9:54 am -0500 by Hannes Hirzel
Changes: 
Added reference to W3C recommendation and link to XSLT identity transformation module.
Version: 1.1 May 1, 2012 1:10 pm -0500 by Hannes Hirzel
Changes: 
Created module

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