XPointer is build on top of the XML Path Language. These extensions allow:
- Be used in URI references to address into resources
- Address points and ranges as well as whole nodes
- Locate information by string matching
xlink:href="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~puninj/XMLJ/classes.xml#
xpointer(/child::*[position()=8]/child::*[position()=first()])">