Abstract: An XPath generation system generates a default XPath expression (XPath) from a selected destination node. The system provides to a user the default XPath with modification options. The system modifies the default XPath according to selected modification options to generate a resulting XPath. If none of the modifications options are selected, the system selects the default XPath as the resulting XPath. The modification options comprise selecting a different node as a destination node of the XPath, selecting a context node as a starting node of the XPath, selecting an axis for specifying a path between the context node and the destination node, specifying selection of a node by name or by type, specifying selection of any node, and specifying return of only unique values of the resulting XPath.