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6.3.2 Location Paths
We start this section with jargon, which we will explain shortly.
A location path is an expression that specifies how to navigate in an XPath tree from one node to
another. A location path is composed of location steps, each of which is made up of an axis, a node
test, and optionally, a predicate.
The idea is shown in Figure 6.10.
Location path
Location step Location stepLocation step
Node Test PredicateAxis
Figure 6.10 XPath search hierarchy
We use a location path to search a particular portion of an XML document. This location path is made
up of location steps. A location step consists ...