XPath

XPath is a language for locating and extracting data from XML documents. It gives developers a precise way to target specific elements, attributes, and values inside structured XML data.

Example

Imagine an XML document with information about a collection of books, including titles, authors, and publication dates. To retrieve a list of all book titles, a developer can use an XPath expression like "//book/title". This makes it easier to move through the XML document and access the data needed without manual parsing.