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XPath 1.0 reference

XPaths  |  axes

ancestor | ancestor-or-self | attribute | child | descendant | descendant-or-self | following | following-sibling | namespace | parent&n | preceding | preceding-sibling | self |

ancestor

the ancestor axis contains the ancestors of the context node; the ancestors of the context node consist of the parent of context node and the parent's parent and so on; thus, the ancestor axis will always include the root node, unless the context node is the root node

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XPath 1.0 reference