Objectives of This Talk
Introduction to XPath 2.0
- What is XPath (either one)
- Introduction to the language of XPath 2.0
- What still works from XPath 1.0 (short answer: all of it)
- What’s new in 2.0
- Trees and nodes and path expressions (oh my!)
- Significant differences between XPath 1.0 and XPath 2.0
- Data types and typing
- New (more powerful) data model
- New Functions, Operators, and Expressions
- So what do we all do now?