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 (962 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • XPath's instance of is recorded as query language[3].
  • XPath's instance of is recorded as programming language[4].
  • XPath's developer is recorded as World Wide Web Consortium[5].
  • XPath's software version identifier is recorded as 2.0[6].
  • XPath's software version identifier is recorded as 1.0[7].
  • XPath's software version identifier is recorded as 3.0[8].
  • XPath's software version identifier is recorded as 3.1[9].
  • XPath is part of XSLT[10].
  • XPath is part of XQuery[11].
  • XPath is part of XSL[12].
  • XPath's Commons category is recorded as XPath[13].
  • 1999 marks the founding of XPath[14].
  • XPath's has edition or translation is recorded as XPath 3[15].
  • XPath's official website is recorded as https://www.w3.org/TR/xpath/[16].
  • XPath's readable file format is recorded as XML[17].
  • XPath's readable file format is recorded as JSON[18].
  • XPath's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/xpath[19].
  • XPath's ACM Classification Code is recorded as 10003312[20].

Body

Geography

Part of include XSLT[10], a W3C Recommendation[21], founded in 1999[22]; XQuery[11], a functional programming language[23], founded in 2007[24]; and XSL[12], a style sheet language[25].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include query language[3] and programming language[4].

History and Context

1999 marks the founding of XPath[14].

Why It Matters

XPath ranks in the top 7% of query_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (962 views/month).[2] XPath has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] XPath is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

XPath has been cited as an influence by Gremlin[28], a domain-specific language[29], founded in 2009[30].

FAQs

Who did XPath influence?

XPath has been cited as an influence by Gremlin[28].

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] . w3.org. w3.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . w3.org. w3.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . w3.org. w3.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . w3.org. w3.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . w3.org. w3.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [30] . 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. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Kbpedia id
    Has edition or translation XPath 3
    Part of XSLT, XQuery, XSL
    Acm classification code (2012)
    + 48 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007530334505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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