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Use 'child' to address the direct children of the context node.
/child::bookstore/child::book
/bookstore/book
Returns all elements with the name 'book' that have as root an element with the name 'bookstore'.
Use 'descendant' to address the direct children or the children of children of the context node.
/descendant::book
Returns all elements with the name 'book' in the document.
Use 'parent' to address the parent node of the context node.
parent::node()
..
Returns the parent node, the name does not matter.
Use 'ancestor' to address the direct ancestors or the ancestors of ancestors of the context node.
ancestor::book
Returns all elements with the name 'book' that are ancestors of the context node.
Use 'following-sibling' to address the following sibling of the context node.
following-sibling::book
Returns the element with the name 'book' that is the next sibling.
Use 'preceding-sibling' to address the preceding sibling of the context node.
preceding-sibling::book
Returns the element with the name 'book' that is the preceding sibling.
Use 'following' to address all nodes in the document (document-order) after the context node.
following::book
Returns all elements with the name 'book' found after the context node.
Use 'preceding' to address all nodes in the document (document-order) before the context node.
preceding::book
Returns all elements with the name 'book' found before the context node.
Use 'attribute' to address all attributes in the context node.
/child::bookstore/child::book/attribute::isbn
/bookstore/book/@isbn
Returns all isbn attributes specified on book elements with a root element of 'bookstore'.
Use 'namespace' to address all namespaces in the context node.
namespace::book
Returns the namespaces for all book elements.
Use 'self' to address the context node.
self::book
Returns the context node if the context node has a name of book.
Use 'self' to address the context node.
self::book
.book
Returns the context node if the context node has a name of book.
Use 'descendant-or-self' to address the context node and all it's decendants.
descendant-or-self::book
//book
Returns the context node and all descendant nodes with a name of book.
Use 'ancestor-or-self' to address the context node and all it's ancestors.
ancestor-or-self::book
Returns the context node and all ancestor nodes with a name of book.