The place to begin if you want to learn XPath

There is no question that XML is a leading technology for the description of data. Once data is stored, then the problem becomes how to access it, which is where Xpath is used. Databases can be complex, but the fundamental understanding of XML is not. Furthermore, understanding Xpath is also not complicated, made even easier by this book by Holzer.
Xpath is more than just a way to extract the contents of a node, it is a nearly complete language that allows you to move through an XML data tree, make decisions regarding what data to extract and even perform some basic processing. In this book you will experience easy to understand descriptions of:

*) The fundamental data types supported in Xpath
*) The fundamental operators in Xpath
*) Many of the functions defined in the Xpath library
*) How style sheets are used in conjunction with Xpath to extract and display the data

If you want to learn the purpose and used of Xpath, this book is an excellent place to begin.

Other Reviews

• The place to begin if you want to learn XPath
• good for catching up to XPATH 2.0