W3C XPath activities

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XPath is a language for selecting parts of XML documents.

XPath is designed for use by XSLT, XQuery, and XPointer.

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Tutorial

To learn more about XPath, read our XPath tutorial.

To learn more about XQuery, read our XQuery tutorial.

To learn more about XSLT, read our XSLT tutorial.

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XPath Version

XPath 1.0

XPath 1.0 became a W3C Recommendation on November 16, 1999.

XPath 2.0

XPath 2.0 became a W3C Recommendation on January 23, 2007.

XPath 2.0 is a language derived from XPath 1.0 and XQuery. XPath 2.0 and XQuery 1.0 are of the same origin. They share much of the same syntax, and much of the text is also consistent.

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W3C XSL Specification and Timeline

##XPath 2.0 RequirementsXPath 2.0 LanguageXPath 2.0 FunctionsXPath 2.0 Data Model##XPath 2.0 Semantics14. Dec 2010XPointer16. Aug 2002

Specification	Draft/Proposal	Recommended Time
XPath 1.0		16. Nov 1999
	03. Jun 2005
		14. Dec 2010
		14. Dec 2010
		14. Dec 2010

##W3C Reference Manual:

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