XPath: Finding a Recursive Ancestor

Question

When selecting the current current node, I want to find the <name> [./name] and return the text content. If the <name> element does not exist in the currently selected node, I want to check the parent element [./parent::name] and so on recursively to the root, returning the value of the nearest parent where this element exists.

Can this be done using XPath?

Answer 1

(Edit: I misinterpreted the question for the first time)

I suggest using

 ancestor-or-self::name[1] 

This finds all name elements, starting with self, parent, etc., and arranges them at a distance from itself. Therefore, choosing [1] gives you the closest.