Table of content

	Table of Contents
	Index

XPath: Navigating XML with XPath 1.0 and 2.0 Kick Start
By Steven  Holzner
Publisher	: Sams Publishing
Pub Date	: December 19, 2003
ISBN	: 0-672-32411-3
Pages	: 600
	Copyright
		About the Author
		Acknowledgments
		We Want to Hear from You!
		Foreword
		Introduction
			What's in This Book?
			Who This Book Is For
			Conventions Used in This Book
			Source Code
		Chapter 1.   Essential XPath
			Why XPath?
			XPath in Overview
			XPath Basics
			Introducing Location Paths
			XPath at Work
			XPath with XSLT
			XPath with XQuery
			XPath with XPointer and XLink
			XPath Resources
			In Brief
		Chapter 2.   The XPath Data Model
			Understanding the XPath 1.0 Data Types
			Understanding Nodes
			Node Names
			Node String Values
			Document Order
			Working with Node-Sets
			XPath Node Trees
			XPath and XML Infosets
			DOM Level 3 XPath
			In Brief
		Chapter 3.   Location Steps and Paths
			Understanding Location Steps and Paths
			Using the XPath Axes
			Creating Compound Location Paths
			In Brief
		Chapter 4.   XPath 1.0 Functions and Operators
			The XPath Boolean Operators and Functions
			The XPath Numeric Operators and Functions
			The XPath String Operators and Functions
			The XPath Node-Set Operators and Functions
			In Brief
		Chapter 5.   XPath with XSLT
			Working with XSLT
			Techniques for Performing XSLT Transformations
			Creating Stylesheets
			Understanding the match and select Attributes
			Copying Nodes
			Handling Whitespace
			Making Choices with <xsl:if> and <xsl:choose>
			Understanding the Default Template Rules
			Displaying Messages While Processing XSLT Stylesheets
			Setting Output Document Type
			In Brief
		Chapter 6.   XPath with XPointer, XLink, and XQuery
			Data Access Using XPath
			Introducing XLinks
			Introducing XPointers
			Introducing XQuery
			In Brief
		Chapter 7.   Introducing XPath 2.0
			What's New in XPath 2.0?
			Creating Some XPath 2.0 Examples
			Understanding the XPath Data Model
			In Brief
		Chapter 8.   XPath 2.0 Expressions and Operators
			Creating Primary Expressions
			Creating Arithmetic Expressions
			Creating Path Expressions
			Creating Sequence Expressions
			Creating Comparison Expressions
			Creating Logical Expressions
			Creating for Expressions
			Creating Conditional Expressions
			Creating Quantified Expressions
			Creating Expressions That Work on Types
			In Brief
		Chapter 9.   The XPath 2.0 Numeric, Constructor, and Context Functions
			Introducing the XPath 2.0 Functions
			Using Accessor Functions
			Using the fn:error Function
			Using Context Functions
			Using Numeric Functions
			In Brief
		Chapter 10.   XPath 2.0 String Functions
			Working on Strings
			Unicode Code Point Functions
			Using Pattern Matching
			In Brief
		Chapter 11.   XPath 2.0 Boolean, QName, and Date Functions
			Boolean Functions
			Functions That Work with Dates and Times
			Functions That Extract Data from Date/Time Values
			Functions That Adjust Time Zones
			Subtracting xs:dateTime Values
			Functions That Work with QNames
			In Brief
		Chapter 12.   XPath 2.0 Node and Sequence Functions
			Using Node Functions
			The XPath 2.0 Sequence Functions
			In Brief
		Index