Introduction

•  Why XPath and XPointer?
•  Antecedents/History
•   XPath, XPointer, and Other XML-Related Specs
•   XPath and XPointer Versus XQuery

XPath Basics

•   The Node Tree: An Introduction
•   XPath Expressions
•   XPath Data Types
•   Nodes and Node-Sets
•   Node-Set Context
•   String-Values

Location Steps and Paths

•   XPath Expressions
•   Location Paths
•   Location Steps
•   Compound Location Paths Revisited

XPath Functions 

•   Introduction to Functions
•   XPath Function Types
•   XPath Numeric Operators

XPath Example 

•   XPath Visualiser: Some Background
•   Sample XML Document
•   General to Specific, Common to Far-Out

XPath 

•   General Goals
•   Specific Requirements

XPointer Basics

•   XPointer and Media types
•   Some Definitions
•   The Framework
•   Error Types
•   Encoding and Escaping Characters in XPointer

XPointer Syntax

•   Shorthand Pointers
•   Scheme-Based XPointer Syntax
•   Using XPointers in a URI

XPointer Beyond XPath

•   Why Extend XPath?
•   Points and Ranges
•   XPointer Extensions to Document Order
•   XPointer Functions