The root /

To select the root node of the XML 1.0 specification at http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml you can use this URI:

http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml#xptr(/)

/ is primarily useful in compound XPointers as a basis from which to start. In fact, if no absolute location term is included in a compound location term, / is assumed. However, root() can also be used to select the entire document in a URI that uses | to indicate that only a part is normally loaded. For example:

http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xml|xptr(/)


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