By Rick JelliffeIt seems that the answer is, yes, a URL can contain an XPath, providing it has been delimited in certain ways. Why would we want to do this? The trouble with using fragment identifiers or queries in URLs (? and #) is that the resources identified become, in effect, terminal leaves. You cannot merely add more paths underneath, as far as I can see, to drill down further.
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