XPointer
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XPointer is a system for addressing components of XML based internet media.
At the present time (late 2002), XPointer is divided among four specifications: a "framework" which forms the basis for identifying XML fragments, a positional element addressing scheme, a scheme for namespaces, and a scheme for XPath-based addressing.
The XPointer language is designed to address structural aspects of XML, including text content and other information objects created as a result of parsing the document. Thus, it could be used to point to a section of a document highlighted by a user through a mouse drag action.
XPointer is encumbered by a technology patent held by Sun Microsystems.
[edit] Positional Element Addressing
The element() scheme introduces positional addressing of child elements. This is similar to a simple XPath address, but subsequent steps can only be numbers representing the position of a descendant relative to its branch on the tree.
For instance, given the following fragment:
<foobar id="foo"><bar/><baz><bom/></baz></foobar>
the XPointer to bom would be:
element(foo/2/1)
[edit] See also
- Fragment identifier
- XML
- HTML
- HyTime
- Text Encoding Initiative Guidelines
