XMLPath (XPath) is a language that describes a way to locate items in an XML file. XPath uses an addressing syntax based on the route through the hierarchy from the root to an element or attribute. An XML path can contain long schema component names.

XPath uses a slash (/) to distinguish between elements in the hierarchy. XML attributes are preceded by “@” in the XPath.

You can create a query on an element or attribute XPath to filter XML data.