Examples of location paths using the unabbreviated syntax

• Child: ParaSelectsParaElement children of the context node

• Child ::*Selects all element Children Of The context node

• Child: Text ()Selects all text node children of the context node

• Child: node ()Selects all the children of the context node, whatever their Node Type

• Attribute: NameSelectsNameAttribute of the context node

• Attribute ::*Selects all the attributes of the context node

• Descendant: ParaSelectsParaElement descendants of the context node

• Ancestor: divSelects allDivAncestors of the context node

• Ancestor-or-self: divSelectsDivAncestors of the context node and, if the context node isDivElement, the context node as well

• Descendant-or-self: ParaSelectsParaElement descendants of the context node and, if the context node isParaElement, the context node as well

• SELF: ParaSelects the context node if it isParaElement, and otherwise selects nothing

• Child: Chapter/descendant: ParaSelectsParaElement descendants ofChapterElement children of the context node

• Child: */child: ParaSelects allParaGrandchildren of the context node

• /Selects the document root (which is always the parent of the document element)

• /Descendant: ParaSelects allParaElements in the same document as the context node

• /Descendant: olist/child: itemSelects allItemElements that haveOlistParent and that are in the same document as the context node

• Child: para [position () = 1]Selects the firstParaChild of the context node

• Child: para [position () = last ()]Selects the lastParaChild of the context node

• Child: para [position () = last ()-1]Selects the last but oneParaChild of the context node

• Child: para [position ()> 1]Selects allParaChildren of the context node other than the firstParaChild of the context node

• Following-Sibling: chapter [position () = 1]Selects the nextChapterSibling of the context node

• Preceding-Sibling: chapter [position () = 1]Selects the previousChapterSibling of the context node

• /Descendant: Figure [position () = 42]Selects the forty-secondFigureElement in the document

• /Child: DOC/child: chapter [position () = 5]/child: Section [position () = 2]Selects the secondSectionOf the thChapterOfDocDocument Element

• Child: para [attribute: TYPE = "warning"]Selects allParaChildren of the context node that haveTypeAttribute with valueWarning

• Child: para [attribute: TYPE = 'warning'] [position () = 5]Selects the thParaChild of the context node that hasTypeAttribute with valueWarning

• Child: para [position () = 5] [attribute: TYPE = "warning"]Selects the thParaChild of the context node if that child hasTypeAttribute with valueWarning

• Child: chapter [Child: Title = 'inserduction ']SelectsChapterChildren of the context node that have one or moreTitleChildren with string-value equalIntroduction

• Child: chapter [Child: title]SelectsChapterChildren of the context node that have one or moreTitleChildren

• Child: * [self: chapter or self: appendix]SelectsChapterAndAppendixChildren of the context node

• Child: * [self: chapter or self: appendix] [position () = last ()]Selects the lastChapterOrAppendixChild of the context node