Aşağıdaki gibi bir XML olsun :
Bu XML için aşağıdaki bilgilere XPath ile erişilebilir :
<!--?xml version="1.0"--><br />
<items><br />
<philosphy><br />
<book id="13" title="The Main Principles Of Philosphy"><br />
<book id="12" title="The Traditional Turkish Philosphy"><br />
<book id="43" title="The Great Turkish Thinkers"><br />
<dictionary title="The Dictionary Of Philosphy"></dictionary></book></book></book></philosphy><br />
<br />
<psychology><br />
<book id="14" title="An Introduction To Psycho-Analysis"><br />
<book id="47" title="The Life Of Freud"></book></book></psychology><br />
<br />
<sociology><br />
<book id="54" title="The Contribution of Ibn Haldun To Sociology"><br />
<book id="44" title="The Main Characteristics of Turkic Peoples"></book></book></sociology><br />
<br />
</items>
/items/philosphy[2] : Philosphy'deki ikinci item
/items/*/dictionary : Bütün Sözlükler
/items/*/book[@id="12"]/@title : Id'si 12 olan kitabın title'ı
count(/items/sociology/book) : Sociology kitaplarının sayısı
/items/psychology[last()] : Son psychology kitabı
/items/*/[contains(@title,"Turk")] : İçerisinde Turk geçen bütün maddeler
