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EBNF for simplified XPath

FullPath  ::= RPath | Root | IDPath

SubPath  ::= Step* FullTest

RPath  ::= '/' SubPath

Root  ::= '/'

IDPath  ::= 'id(' NCNameStr ')' RPath?

Step  ::= StepTest '/' StepTest  ::= Name ('[' Num ']')?

FullTest  ::= ( (Name | 'text()') ('[' Num ']')? ) | ('@' Name)

NCNameStr ::= "'" NCName "'" | '"' NCName '"'

Num  ::= [0-9]+

The above is based on http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-rex-20061013/#path-syntax . Main difference is that it allows for attribute name tests.

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