Axis |
Selects From |
ancestor |
the parent of the context node, the parent of the parent of the context node,
the parent of the parent of the parent of the context node, and so forth back to
the root node |
ancestor-or-self |
the ancestors of the context node and the context node itself |
attribute |
the attributes of the context node |
child |
the immediate children of the context node |
descendant |
the children of the context node, the children of the children of the context node, and so forth |
descendant-or-self |
the context node itself and its descendants |
following |
all nodes that start after the end of the context node, excluding attribute and namespace nodes |
following-sibling |
all nodes that start after the end of the context node and have the same parent as the context node |
parent |
the unique parent node of the context node |
preceding |
all nodes that start before the beginning of the context node, excluding attribute and namespace nodes |
preceding-sibling |
all nodes that start before the beginning of the context node and have the same parent as the context node |
self |
the context node |