child::para selects the para element children of the context node

child::* selects all element children of the context node

child::text() selects all text node children of the context node

child::node() selects all the children of the context node, whatever their node type

attribute::name selects the name attribute of the context node

attribute::* selects all the attributes of the context node

descendant::para selects the para element descendants of the context node

ancestor::div selects all div ancestors of the context node

ancestor-or-self::div selects the div ancestors of the context node and, if the context node is a div element, the context node as well

descendant-or-self::para selects the para element descendants of the context node and, if the context node is a para element, the context node as well

self::para selects the context node if it is a para element, and otherwise selects nothing

child::chapter/descendant::para selects the para element descendants of the chapter element children of the context node

child::*/child::para selects all para grandchildren of the context node

/ selects the document root (which is always the parent of the document element)

/descendant::para selects all the para elements in the same document as the context node

/descendant::olist/child::item selects all the item elements that have an olist parent and that are in the same document as the context node

child::para[position()=1] selects the first para child of the context node

child::para[position()=last()] selects the last para child of the context node

child::para[position()=last()-1] selects the last but one para child of the context node

child::para[position()>1] selects all the para children of the context node other than the first para child of the context node

following-sibling::chapter[position()=1] selects the next chapter sibling of the context node

preceding-sibling::chapter[position()=1] selects the previous chapter sibling of the context node

/descendant::figure[position()=42] selects the forty-second figure element in the document

/child::doc/child::chapter[position()=5]/child::section[position()=2] selects the second section of the fifth chapter of the doc document element

child::para[attribute::type="warning"] selects all para children of the context node that have a type attribute with value warning

child::para[attribute::type='warning'][position()=5] selects the fifth para child of the context node that has a type attribute with value warning

child::para[position()=5][attribute::type="warning"] selects the fifth para child of the context node if that child has a type attribute with value warning

child::chapter[child::title='Introduction'] selects the chapter children of the context node that have one or more title children with string-value equal to Introduction

child::chapter[child::title] selects the chapter children of the context node that have one or more title children

child::*[self::chapter or self::appendix] selects the chapter and appendix children of the context node

child::*[self::chapter or self::appendix][position()=last()] selects the last chapter or appendix child of the context node