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		icebraining on Oct 29, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: XML is almost always misused Alternatively `//root/item[key[text()="Name"]]/value/text()`

benibela on Oct 29, 2019 [–]

You usually do not need to use text() in xpath, so this should work the same:

  //root/item[key="name"]/value

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