XPath

query language for selecting nodes from an XML document
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XPath

Summary

XPath is a query language[1]. XPath ranks in the top 7% of query_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (199 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • XPath's image is recorded as Diagram Sederhana XPath.png[3].
  • XPath's instance of is recorded as query language[4].
  • XPath's instance of is recorded as programming language[5].
  • XPath's developer is recorded as World Wide Web Consortium[6].
  • XPath's GND ID is recorded as 4613223-5[7].
  • XPath's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2002000754[8].
  • XPath's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 158976144[9].
  • XPath's software version identifier is recorded as 2.0[10].
  • XPath's software version identifier is recorded as 1.0[11].
  • XPath's software version identifier is recorded as 3.0[12].
  • XPath's software version identifier is recorded as 3.1[13].
  • XPath's part of is recorded as XSLT[14].
  • XPath's part of is recorded as XQuery[15].
  • XPath's part of is recorded as XSL[16].
  • XPath's Commons category is recorded as XPath[17].
  • +1999-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of XPath[18].
  • XPath's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04jpg89[19].
  • XPath's has edition or translation is recorded as XPath 3[20].
  • XPath's official website is recorded as https://www.w3.org/TR/xpath/[21].
  • XPath's readable file format is recorded as XML[22].
  • XPath's readable file format is recorded as JSON[23].
  • XPath's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 955792[24].
  • XPath's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/xpath[25].
  • XPath's ACM Classification Code is recorded as 10003312[26].
  • XPath's Quora topic ID is recorded as Xpath[27].

Body

Geography

Part of include XSLT[14], a W3C Recommendation[28], founded in 1999[29]; XQuery[15], a functional programming language[30], founded in 2007[31]; and XSL[16], a style sheet language[32].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include query language[4] and programming language[5].

History and Context

+1999-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of XPath[18].

Why It Matters

XPath ranks in the top 7% of query_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (199 views/month).[2] XPath has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] XPath is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

XPath has been cited as an influence by Gremlin[35], a domain-specific language[36], founded in 2009[37].

FAQs

Who did XPath influence?

XPath has been cited as an influence by Gremlin[35].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . w3.org. w3.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . w3.org. w3.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . w3.org. w3.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . w3.org. w3.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . w3.org. w3.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Quora. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [35] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_xpath_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{XPath}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/xpath}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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