The following-sibling Axis

The following-sibling axis selects elements that follow the context node in the same parent element. For example, /descendant::BORN[position()=2]/following-sibling::*[position()=1] selects Elodie Bellau's DIED element, <DIED>12 Apr 1898</DIED>. /descendant::BORN[position()=2]/following- sibling::*[position()=3] doesn't point to anything because there are only two sibling elements following Elodie Bellau's BORN element. There's no abbreviation for the following-sibling axis.


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