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--- XML Technology ---

XML = Extensible Markup Language

A little background...

bulletProposed by the W3C; it is a simplified form of the SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language) - a standard that has existed from the 1980's.
bulletIt provides for rules or guidelines for designing formats for text data.
bulletXML produces files that are easy to create and ultimately be read by computer software (e.g., browsers).
bulletXML can be "infinitely" extended and enables cross-platform presentation of data.
bulletXML documents consist entirely of text.

This Section of thePlace...

This section contains a number of sub-sections that cover the following topics...

bulletWhat is XML?  Including examples and detailed background.
bulletFormatting XML with CSS
bulletThe DTD and XML (the DTD is used to define the data structure for XML)
bulletXSL for formatting XML documents
bulletTHE XML DOM

References

bulletA nice overview... XML in 10 points http://www.w3.org/XML/1999/XML-in-10-points 
bulletXML 1.0 Specification http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml 
bulletMicrosoft XML resource (MSDN): http://msdn.microsoft.com/xml/default.asp 
bulletXML Cover Pages... http://www.oasis-open.org/cover/sgml-xml.html 
bulletXML.COM ... http://www.xml.com/ 
bulletSome good books

 

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