Check the DOM Level 3 XPath specification, currently in Last Call.

http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-DOM-Level-3-XPath-20020328/

Michael Kay
Software AG
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> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Amanda Birmingham
> Sent: 05 June 2002 19:00
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> Subject:  [slightly OT] question about PAX and XPath
> 
> 
> Hello, List,
> I'm doing some programming using DOM methods to get info out 
> of an xml 
> document, and have been frustrated by the fact that, as far 
> as I can tell, 
> the only DOM methods that will accept XPaths as selectors are MS 
> extensions, not standards (selectNodes, selectSingleNodes).  
> (If I've got 
> this wrong, would someone correct me, please?)
> 
> I found something on the w3c's site about a proposal called 
> Pax ... it 
> looks to me like it might be aiming to solve just the issue 
> I'm having--but 
> I'm not sure (I find the w3c docs notoriously hard to read), 
> and I'm having 
> trouble finding info about this proposal anywhere *else*.
> 
> Could someone tell me if I'm way off base guessing what Pax 
> is supposed to 
> do, and/or point me toward some non-w3c description of it?  
> I'd love to 
> know for sure what its goal is and expected time-to-recommendation ...
> 
> Thanks much,
> 
> Amanda Birmingham
> Web Application Developer
> 
> 
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