Package xmlpath implements a strict subset of the XPath specification for the Go language. The XPath specification is available at: Path expressions supported by this package are in the following format, with all components being optional: At the moment, xmlpath is compatible with the XPath specification to the following extent: For example, assuming the following document: The following examples are valid path expressions, and the first match has the indicated value: To run an expression, compile it, and then apply the compiled path to any number of context nodes, from one or more parsed xml documents: