Points and ranges
XPointer expressions do not have to target an entire, single element instance. Instead, they can target a point in the document structure between elements, or a range of elements. These concepts are analogous to editing tool user interfaces, which have a current cursor position, or a range of selected material (and these concepts should also be familiar to those readers of Chapter 21 (DOM Level 2)).
Points
A point is a single location in the document. This location is identified as being within a specific container node, and between specific sibling nodes within that container. Its position within the sibling nodes is a simple index value that starts at zero. The following example shows the points within a container Book element ...
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