Use XPath Axes to Navigate through XML Data

The following topics describe each XPath navigation axis. Each topic presents an Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation (XSLT) file that works with the Sample XML File for Navigating XPath Axes. The XSLT template rules are also presented as a long file, Sample XSLT File for Navigating XPath Axes.

• Navigating Along the child Axis
• Navigating Along the descendant Axis
• Navigating Along the parent Axis
• Navigating Along the ancestor Axis
• Navigating Along the following Axis
• Navigating Along the preceding Axis
• Navigating Along the following-sibling Axis
• Navigating Along the preceding-sibling Axis
• Navigating Along the attribute Axis
• Navigating Along the namespace Axis
• Navigating Along the self Axis
• Navigating Along the descendant-or-self Axis
• Navigating Along the ancestor-or-self Axis
• Using Abbreviations in XPath Expressions

See Also

Constructing the Node-Test Portion of a Location Step | Determining the Context Node