# Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 XPath Specification

## Version 1.0

## W3C Working Group Note 26 February 2004

This version:
  http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/NOTE-DOM-Level-3-XPath-20040226
Latest version:
  http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-XPath
Previous version:
  http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/CR-DOM-Level-3-XPath-20030331

Editor:
  Ray Whitmer, Netscape/AOL, then Invited Expert

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## Abstract

This specification defines the Document Object Model Level 3 XPath. It provides simple functionalities to access a DOM tree using [XPath 1.0].

## Status of this document

This section describes the status of this document at the time of its publication. Other documents may supersede this document. A list of current W3C publications and the latest revision of this technical report can be found in the W3C technical reports index at http://www.w3.org/TR/.

This is a Working Group Note of "DOM Level 3 XPath" and is based on the feedback received during the Last Call period. The W3C DOM Working Group participants do not expect to provide two interoperable implementations of this module, using the same binding. Implementation feedbacks are however welcome and have to be sent to the public mailing list www-dom@w3.org (public archive). Other W3C Working Groups may continue the work and provide implementations of this document.

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Publication as a Working Group Note does not imply endorsement by the W3C Membership. This is a draft document and may be updated, replaced or obsoleted by other documents at any time.

This document has been produced as part of the W3C DOM Activity. The authors of this document are the DOM Working Group members.

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