Indicates the axis to be used for selecting nodes in a path expression.
If empty, AbbreviatedAxisSpecifier indicates the child
axis. If it is @, it indicates the attribute axis.
It corresponds to the expression AbbreviatedAxisSpecifier
defined in XPath,
Section
2.5, Rule 13.
Select the grade of a patient's next of kin. The last step of the
location path contains the abbreviated axis specifier @ plus the
name of an attribute node, which would be ./attribute::grade in
the unabbreviated syntax.
/patient/nextofkin/@grade
Select the name of a patient's next of kin. The last step of the
location path contains the empty abbreviated axis specifier plus the name of a
child node, which would be ./child::name in the unabbreviated
syntax.
/patient/nextofkin/name
AxisSpecifier |
RelativeLocationPath |
Step |
