XPath

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W3C standard XML technology query language

XPath is a query language used to navigate and select nodes in XML documents based on their structure and content.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
XPath canonical	15
XPath 1.0	3
XML Path Language	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1096270 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: XPath
Context triple: [XML Schema, relatedStandard, XPath]

A. XQuery
XQuery is a functional query and programming language designed for extracting and manipulating data from XML documents and related data sources.
B. XSLT
XSLT is a language for transforming XML documents into other formats such as XML, HTML, or plain text using template-based rules.
C. XML
XML (Extensible Markup Language) is a flexible, text-based markup language designed for structuring, storing, and transporting data in a platform-independent way.
D. XML Namespaces
XML Namespaces is a W3C specification that provides a method for qualifying element and attribute names in XML documents to avoid naming conflicts between vocabularies.
E. XHTML
XHTML is a reformulation of HTML as an XML-based markup language designed to create structured, standards-compliant web pages.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: XPath
Target entity description: XPath is a query language used to navigate and select nodes in XML documents based on their structure and content.

A. XQuery
XQuery is a functional query and programming language designed for extracting and manipulating data from XML documents and related data sources.
B. XSLT
XSLT is a language for transforming XML documents into other formats such as XML, HTML, or plain text using template-based rules.
C. XML
XML (Extensible Markup Language) is a flexible, text-based markup language designed for structuring, storing, and transporting data in a platform-independent way.
D. XML Namespaces
XML Namespaces is a W3C specification that provides a method for qualifying element and attribute names in XML documents to avoid naming conflicts between vocabularies.
E. XHTML
XHTML is a reformulation of HTML as an XML-based markup language designed to create structured, standards-compliant web pages.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	W3C standard ⓘ XML technology ⓘ query language ⓘ
abbreviation	XPath self-link ⓘ
canBeEmbeddedIn	programming languages via libraries ⓘ
designedFor	XML ⓘ
developedBy	World Wide Web Consortium ⓘ
expressionSyntax	path-like notation using / separators ⓘ
fullName	XPath self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: XML Path Language
hasAxis	ancestor ⓘ ancestor-or-self ⓘ attribute ⓘ child ⓘ descendant ⓘ descendant-or-self ⓘ following-sibling ⓘ parent ⓘ preceding-sibling ⓘ self ⓘ
hasDataModel	XDM (XQuery and XPath Data Model) ⓘ surface form: XPath Data Model
hasVersion	XPath self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: XPath 1.0 XPath 2.0 ⓘ XPath 3.0 ⓘ XPath 3.1 ⓘ
influenced	CSS ⓘ surface form: CSS selectors JSONPath ⓘ XQuery ⓘ
primaryPurpose	filter XML nodes based on conditions ⓘ navigate XML document structure ⓘ select nodes from XML documents ⓘ
releasedIn	1999 ⓘ 2007 ⓘ
returnType	boolean ⓘ node set ⓘ number ⓘ string ⓘ
standardizedBy	World Wide Web Consortium ⓘ surface form: W3C World Wide Web Consortium ⓘ surface form: W3C World Wide Web Consortium ⓘ surface form: W3C World Wide Web Consortium ⓘ surface form: W3C World Wide Web Consortium ⓘ surface form: W3C
supports	axes ⓘ boolean operations ⓘ functions ⓘ namespace-aware queries ⓘ node tests ⓘ numeric operations ⓘ path expressions ⓘ predicates ⓘ string operations ⓘ
typicalImplementationLanguage	C# ⓘ Java ⓘ JavaScript ⓘ Python ⓘ
usedIn	XML-based data formats ⓘ configuration files ⓘ web services ⓘ
usedWith	XML Schema ⓘ XPointer ⓘ XQuery ⓘ XSLT ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

XML Schema → relatedStandard → XPath ⓘ

Schematron → usesLanguage → XPath ⓘ

XSLT → uses → XPath ⓘ

XSLT → relatedTo → XPath ⓘ

XQuery → basedOn → XPath ⓘ

XQuery → influencedBy → XPath ⓘ

IBM WebSphere DataPower → supportsStandard → XPath ⓘ

XPath → fullName → XPath self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: XML Path Language

XPath → abbreviation → XPath self-link ⓘ

XPath → hasVersion → XPath self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: XPath 1.0

XPath 2.0 → follows → XPath ⓘ

this entity surface form: XPath 1.0

XPath 3.0 → partOf → XPath ⓘ

this entity surface form: XML Path Language

ISO/IEC 19757-3 → uses → XPath ⓘ

XDM (XQuery and XPath Data Model) → usedBy → XPath ⓘ

XML technology stack → includesStandard → XPath ⓘ

JSONiq → relatedTechnology → XPath ⓘ

XQuery Update Facility → relatedStandard → XPath ⓘ

xmltask → requiresKnowledgeOf → XPath ⓘ

xalan → supportsStandard → XPath ⓘ

subject surface form: Xalan

xalan → implementsSpecification → XPath ⓘ

subject surface form: Xalan

this entity surface form: XPath 1.0

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Referenced by (20)

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