title: What is a DOM path?
body: <p>Searching the web for <code>DOM path</code> returns results that lack a consensus, are about XPath, or altogether have nothing to do with technology. There are questions on Stack Overflow that ask about DOM paths, but there is no indication of a "DOM path" being the same thing to different people (in the same way things like HTMLor integers are conceived of the same way).</p>
  
  <p>What is a DOM path? What makes for a valid DOM path? What are they used with?</p>