<xi:include href="test3.xml"/>

This is the content of the test3.xml file.

<xi:include href="test2.xml" xpointer="xpointer(/page/content/para[2])"/>

This is paragraph 2 from test2.xml

<xi:include href="test2.xml" xpointer="xmlns(my=http://localhost/my)xpointer(/page/content/my:abc/*)"/>

This is paragraph 3 from test2.xml (inside my:abc element)

Inclusion with an invalid xpointer expression, will cause fallback element content to be inserted:

<xi:include href="test2.xml" xpointer(">

<xi:include href="" xpointer="xmlns(xi=http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude)xpointer(/page/content/xi:include[1])"/>

This is the content of the test3.xml file.

This sample demonstrates the recursive inclusion: here file4.xml is included, which in itself includes file5.xml:

<xi:include href="test4.xml"/>

This is content in test4.xml, will do a include of test5.xml here: This is the content of test5.xml

This example shows how you can put multiple xpointer expressions one after the other. If one doesn't return a result, it is skipped and the next one is evaluated, until one is found that returns a result.

<xi:include href="test2.xml" xpointer="xpointer(/x)xpointer(/y)xpointer(/z)xpointer(/page/content/para[2])"/>

This is paragraph 2 from test2.xml