But it is not the same. The filter is quite different:
[../@Name = xdXDocument:get-DOM()/my:assetTracking/my:employee/my:BillToName]
vs.
[xdXDocument:GetDOM("ARCustomer")/dfs:myFields/dfs:dataFields/d:ARCustomer/@Name = BillToName]
In the first sample, you are already at the AddressLine1 attribute in your XPath, and then you go back up to the ARCustomer node (..) and select the Name attribute. There is an equal sign, and then the full XPath to the BillToName field in the main data source.
In you second sample, you are already at the AddressLine1 attribute in your XPath, and then use the full XPath to select the Name attribute. However, that full XPath will always select the first name attribute (I'm assuming that ARCustomer is repeating). The BillToName field is not in the ARCustomer data source - and is also lacking its namespace prefix.