Location Step Axes

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 end 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

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