XPath: Navigating XML with XPath 1.0 and 2.0 Kick Start

Chapter 6. XPath with XPointer, XLink, and XQuery

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Data Access Using XPath

• Introducing XLinks

• Introducing XPointers

• Introducing XQuery

• In Brief

Data Access Using XPath

In this chapter, we're going to take a look at using XPath with XPointer, XLink, and XQuery. This chapter is also going to help us make the transition between XPath 1.0 and XPath 2.0 because XPointer and XLink both use XPath 1.0, whereas XQuery is integral to XPath 2.0. We're going to see that the demands of data access are growing, and that'll give us a natural introduction to XPath 2.0 in the next chapter.

XLink and XPointer are two XML-related specifications that let you use XPath 1.0 to locate data in XML documents, and as such, we'll discuss them here. Then, as a transition ...