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  <h1 id='title'>Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 XPath Specification</h1>
  <h2 id='version'>Version 1.0</h2>
<!-- NOTE-DOM-Level-3-XPath-20040226
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<dl><dt>This version:</dt>
<dd><a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/NOTE-DOM-Level-3-XPath-20040226'>http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/NOTE-DOM-Level-3-XPath-20040226</a></dd><dt>Latest version:</dt>
 <dd><a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-XPath'>http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-XPath</a></dd>
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<dd><a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/CR-DOM-Level-3-XPath-20030331'>http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/CR-DOM-Level-3-XPath-20030331</a></dd>

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<dl><dt>Editor:
</dt><dd>Ray Whitmer,
<i>Netscape/AOL, then Invited Expert</i></dd>
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<h2 id='abstract'>Abstract</h2>
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<p>This specification defines the Document Object Model Level 3 XPath. It
provides simple functionalities to access a DOM tree using [<a class='noxref' href='references.html#XPath10'>XPath 1.0</a>].</p></div>
<h2 id='status'>Status of this document</h2>
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	<em>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 <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/'>W3C technical reports index</a>
	at http://www.w3.org/TR/.</em>
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	This is a <a href='http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Process-20010719/tr.html#RecsCR'>Working
	Group Note</a> of "DOM Level 3 XPath" and is based on the <a href='http://www.w3.org/2002/03/DOM-Level-3-XPath-issues'>feedback
	received</a> during the Last Call period. The W3C DOM Working
	Group participants do not expect to provide two interoperable
	implementations of this module, <em>using the same
	binding</em>. Implementation feedbacks are however welcome and
	have to be sent to the public mailing list <a href='mailto:www-dom@w3.org'>www-dom@w3.org</a> (public <a href='http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-dom/'>archive</a>). Other W3C Working Groups
	may continue the work and provide implementations of this
	document.
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	Individuals or organizations are also invited to send a message
	to the public mailing list if they intend to produce an
	implementation of this module.
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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.
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	This document has been produced as part of the <a href='http://www.w3.org/DOM/Activity.html'>W3C DOM
	Activity</a>. The authors of this document are the DOM Working
	Group members.
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	An <a href='http://www.w3.org/2003/02/19-dom-xpath-implementation.html'>implementation
	report</a> is also available.
      </p><p>
	Patent disclosures relevant to this specification may be found
	on the Working Group's <a href='http://www.w3.org/2002/08/02-DOM-Disclosures.html'>patent
	disclosure page</a>.
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<li class='tocline2'><a class='tocxref' href='xpath.html'>1. Document Object Model XPath</a></li>
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<li class='tocline2'><a class='tocxref' href='idl-definitions.html'>Appendix A: IDL Definitions</a></li>
<li class='tocline2'><a class='tocxref' href='java-binding.html'>Appendix B: Java Language Binding</a></li>
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