Sample XML File for XPath Syntax (inventory.xml)
This XML file is used by some topics in the XPath Reference documentation. This file represents a fragment of a bookstore inventory database.
XML File (inventory.xml)
<?xml version="1.0"?> <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="myfile.xsl" ?> <bookstore specialty="novel"> <book style="autobiography"> <author> <first-name>Joe</first-name> <last-name>Bob</last-name> <award>Trenton Literary Review Honorable Mention</award> </author> <price>12</price> </book> <book style="textbook"> <author> <first-name>Mary</first-name> <last-name>Bob</last-name> <publication>Selected Short Stories of <first-name>Mary</first-name> <last-name>Bob</last-name> </publication> </author> <editor> <first-name>Britney</first-name> <last-name>Bob</last-name> </editor> <price>55</price> </book> <magazine style="glossy" frequency="monthly"> <price>2.50</price> <subscription price="24" per="year"/> </magazine> <book style="novel" id="myfave"> <author> <first-name>Toni</first-name> <last-name>Bob</last-name> <degree from="Trenton U">B.A.</degree> <degree from="Harvard">Ph.D.</degree> <award>Pulitzer</award> <publication>Still in Trenton</publication> <publication>Trenton Forever</publication> </author> <price intl="Canada" exchange="0.7">6.50</price> <excerpt> <p>It was a dark and stormy night.</p> <p>But then all nights in Trenton seem dark and stormy to someone who has gone through what <emph>I</emph> have.</p> <definition-list> <term>Trenton</term> <definition>misery</definition> </definition-list> </excerpt> </book> <my:book xmlns:my="uri:mynamespace" style="leather" price="29.50"> <my:title>Who's Who in Trenton</my:title> <my:author>Robert Bob</my:author> </my:book> </bookstore>