Certified XPath and XPointer Professional

Introduction

• Why XPath and XPointer?
• Antecedents/History
• XPath, XPointer, and Other XML-Related Specs
• XPath and XPointer Versus XQuery

XPath Basics

• The Node Tree: An Introduction
• XPath Expressions
• XPath Data Types
• Nodes and Node-Sets
• Node-Set Context
• String-Values

Location Steps and Paths

• XPath Expressions
• Location Paths
• Location Steps
• Compound Location Paths Revisite

XPath Functions

• Introduction to Functions
• XPath Function Types
• XPath Numeric Operators

XPath Example

• XPath Visualiser: Some Background
• Sample XML Document
• General to Specific, Common to Far-Out

XPath

• General Goals
• Specific Requirements

XPointer Basics

• XPointer and Media types
• Some Definitions
• The Framework
• Error Types
• Encoding and Escaping Characters in XPointer

XPointer Syntax

• Shorthand Pointers
• Scheme-Based XPointer Syntax
• Using XPointers in a URI

XPointer Beyond XPath

• Why Extend XPath?
• Points and Ranges
• XPointer Extensions to Document Order
• XPointer Functions