>>>>> "Osman" == Osman Ginar Eren <Cinar.Eren@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

    Osman> it is : all the elements with that name in that xml file.

    Osman> //value[..]...

    Osman> all value elements in the XML.

No. That's only at the beginning of an expression.

It is short for desecndant-or-self::

So //value means

the context item, if it is an element named value,
and any descendant elements of the context item named value. 
-- 
Colin Paul Adams
Preston Lancashire