Index: java/org/apache/tika/sax/xpath/NamedElementMatcher.java
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--- java/org/apache/tika/sax/xpath/NamedElementMatcher.java	(revision 652071)
+++ java/org/apache/tika/sax/xpath/NamedElementMatcher.java	(working copy)
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
     }
 
     private static boolean equals(String a, String b) {
+    	if ("*".equals(b)) return true;
         return (a == null) ? (b == null) : a.equals(b);
     }
 
Index: java/org/apache/tika/parser/html/HtmlParser.java
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--- java/org/apache/tika/parser/html/HtmlParser.java	(revision 652071)
+++ java/org/apache/tika/parser/html/HtmlParser.java	(working copy)
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
         // Prepare the HTML content handler that generates proper
         // XHTML events to records relevant document metadata
         XHTMLContentHandler xhtml = new XHTMLContentHandler(handler, metadata);
-        XPathParser xpath = new XPathParser(null, "");
+        XPathParser xpath = new XPathParser(null, "*");
         Matcher body = xpath.parse("/HTML/BODY//node()");
         Matcher title = xpath.parse("/HTML/HEAD/TITLE//node()");
         handler = new TeeContentHandler(