Chapter 1: What is XML and Why You Should Care
In This Chapter
Introducing XML (eXtensible Markup Language)
Exploring the similarities between XML and HTML
Examining XML's syntax and rules
Looking at XML's element types and attributes
Using XML as the basis for other languages
Chapter Outline
- If You Know HTML, You Already Know XML
- An Informal Introduction to the eXtensible Markup Language
- A little bit of background
- XML suits different applications
- XML for documents
- XML for data exchange
- Marking Up Is Hard to Do -- Not!
- Break out that text editor!
- XML editors: More power, more convenience
- XML's Syntax and Rules of the Road
- Element types and attributes
- Hierarchy
- Special characters
- An example
- The Many Document Types of XML
- More meaningful names in your documents
- XML defines new languages
- Web Pages Before -- and After -- XML
- XML: One document, many different outputs
- XML for data -- HTML for display
- Better post-processing
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