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Intro To XML

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What is XML Ps © XML stands for eXtensible Markup Language. ° Amarkup language is used to provide information about a document. 5 Tags are added to the document to provide the extra information. ° HTML tags tell a browser how to display the document. | XML tags give a reader some idea what some of the data means. What is XML? 5 a meta language that allows you to create and format your own document markups 5 a method for putting structured data into a text file; these files are - easy to read - unambiguous - extensible - platform-independent 5 XML documents are used to transfer data from one place to another often over the Internet. Difference Between HTML and XML SS © HTML tags have a fixed meaning and browsers know what it is. © XML tags are different for different applications, and users know what they mean. ° HTML tags are used for display. © XML tags are used to describe documents and data. Quick Comparison |_| © HTML o XML - tags and attributes are pre- ~ allows user to specify what doanained and rigid ° each tag and attribute means - content and formatting can - content and format are be placed together separate; formatting is contained in a stylesheet

text - Designed to represent the - Designed to represent the logical structure of a presentation structure of a document. Thus, more effective for machine- document. Thus, more ine : machine interaction effective for machine- human interaction : : - Suntay is strietly defined Advantages of XML 2 Oe 5 XML is text (Unicode) based. Takes up less space. Can be transmitted efficiently. [| One XML document can be displayed differently in different media. Html, video, CD, DVD, You only have to change the XML document in order to change all the rest. | XML documents can be modularized. Parts can be reused. Possible Advantages of Using XML ——— ZZ 5 Truly Portable Data Easily readable by human users 5 Very expressive (semantics near data) 5 Very flexible and customizable (no finite tag set) 5 Easy to use from programs (libs available) 5 Easy to convert into other representations (XML transformation languages) 5 Many additional standards and tools 5 Widely used and supported Example of an XML Document 2 ss

Alice Lee [email protected] 212-346-1234 1995-03-22
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. What is the difference between elements and attributes? * Only one attribute with a given name per element (but an arbitrary number of subelements) * Attributes have no structure, simply strings (while elements can have subelements) As a rule of thumb: * Content into elements * Metadata into attributes Example: Alan Turing proved that...

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