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XPath

XPath (XML Path Language) is an expression language designed to support the query or transformation of XML documents. It was defined by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in 1999, and can be used to compute values (e.g., strings, numbers, or Boolean values) from the content of an XML document. Support for XPath exists in applications that support XML…

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Developer
W3C
First appeared
1998
Paradigm
Query language
Stable release
3.1 / March 21, 2017; 9 years ago (2017-03-21)

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Versions

Syntax and semantics (XPath 1.0)

Implementations

Use in schema languages

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XPath

Nodes65
Edges64
Triples111
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.030769
Components1

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XPath

Top relations

related to Versions · 28
XPath → API, April, December, Every, FLWOR, However, It, January, Java, JavaScript, JSON, March, November, Python, Recommendation, The, The XPath, There, They, This
related to Java · 14
XPath → BaseX, DB, InnovimaxXalanDom4j The Java, Java, Java API, QuiXPath, Saxon XSLT, Technically, VTD-XMLSedna XML Database Both, XML, XML Processing, XPath API, XQuery, XSLT
related to Use in schema languages · 11
XPath → Boolean, DOM-like, In XSD, ISO, Java, PMD, Schematron, The, W3C XML Schema, XForms, XML
related to External links · 8
XPath → Expression Syntax, MDC Docs, Mozilla Developer NetworkXPath, MSDN, New, Reference, Saxon, XPath Expression Syntax
related to Predicates · 6
XPath → All, For, Paths, Predicates, There, They
related to JavaScript · 5
XPath → Currently, JavaScript, JavaScriptFontoXPath Open, Methoddocument, Open-source XPath
related to .NET Framework · 4
XPath → In, System, Xml, XML Database
related to Abbreviated syntax · 3
XPath → Given, The, XML
related to Command-line tools · 3
XPath → Altova, RaptorXML Server, XMLStarletxmllint
related to Examples · 3
XPath → Given, The XPath, XML

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Important terminology

xml node predicates context used predicate axis syntax language expression w3c xslt schema expressions support document also selects xquery boolean

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
XPathDeveloperW3C1.00infobox
XPathFirst appeared19981.00infobox
XPathParadigmQuery language1.00infobox
XPathStable release3.1 / March 21, 2017; 9 years ago (2017-03-21)1.00infobox
XPathWebsitewww.w3.org/TR/xpath/1.00infobox
XPathis alocation path0.90text
XML Schemainstance ofsubsets of the XPath query language are used in other W3C specifications0.80text
XFormsinstance ofsubsets of the XPath query language are used in other W3C specifications0.80text
the Internationalization Tag Setinstance ofsubsets of the XPath query language are used in other W3C specifications0.80text
Javainstance ofcalled via an API from languages0.80text
Cinstance ofcalled via an API from languages0.80text
the type systeminstance ofThe XPath 2.0 language specification is much larger than XPath 1.0 and changes some of the fundamental concepts of the language0.80text

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