gistfile1.cs

private static Dictionary<string, Dictionary<string, string>> Parse(string xpath)
{
	var results = new Dictionary<string, Dictionary<string, string>>();

	var parts = xpath.Split(new[] {'/'}, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
	foreach(var part in parts)
	{
		var itemName = part.Substring(0, part.IndexOf('['));
		var properties = Regex.Matches(part, "@([a-zA-Z]+)='([a-zA-Z]+)'");

		var result = properties.Cast<Match>().ToDictionary(p => p.Groups[1].Value, p => p.Groups[2].Value);
		results.Add(itemName, result);
	}

	return results;
}