Friday, October 17, 2008

An Introduction to XML

XML--makes it easier to interchange docs
is NOT:
predefined set of tags (unlike HTML)
Components of HTML:
documents composed of entities, which contain logical elements, and the elements have attributes.
How is it used?
provides users w/ various elements
This article explains how to define your own tag sets, define the attributes of elements, and incorporate standard and non-standard text elements
shows how to use illustrations, tables, and other special elements
3 types of markup:
processing instruction
document type declaration
document instance

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