Patent Document ID: 7516399
Application ID: 10955087

Base Claim:
1. One or more computer-readable media embodying computer-readable instructions which, when executed, perform acts comprising: receiving a selection of at least part of a graphical rendering of a hierarchically structured electronic document; receiving a structured-document path-language address usable to locate the part of the hierarchically structured electronic document; automatically producing a simplified form of the structured-document path-language address, the simplified form of the structured-document path-language address being produced by abbreviating the structured-document path-language address by removing one or more unique namespaces; and building a structured-document path-language expression that includes the structured-document path-language address and, if the part of the hierarchically structured electronic document includes a blank value, altering the structured-document path-language expression to treat the blank value as a zero.

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Claim 2:
2. The media of claim 1 , wherein producing the simplified form of the structured-document path-language address comprises simplifying the structured-document path-language address to a minimally logical form.