IBM: Introduction to XML (Tidwell, D.)
- XML = Extensible Markup Language (allows you to create your own tags, which seems user-friendly, but users must be familiar with markup language before they can effectively use XML).
- XML appears to be much more detailed (see address example), which means more work, but it also means that it’s easier to extract specific information later (saves efforts down the road).
- Also remember that XML is stricter than HTML.
- XML seems similar to HTML5 (in that there are very specific rules and a strict set of standards to adhere to).
- DTDs show relationships and create definitions—very important!
- XSL = Extensible Stylesheet Language (seems like it would be similar to CSS, but appears to define your tags, elements, etc. rather than controlling the design of your webpage).
- SOAP—not to be confused with SOPA.
IBM: A Survey of XML Standards: Part 1 (Ogbuji, U.)
- Good to note that not only does this article recommend W3Schools as an XML resource, but so does the above article from Tidwell.
- Why are there “many flavors of standards?” Shouldn’t there just be one set of standards?
- What and who make up the “XML community?”
- For XML’s more complex and detailed opportunities, this is a great resource because it provides a large collection of other resources.
W3Schools: XML Schema Tutorial
- This is basically like any other W3Schools tutorial we’ve been introduced—a very useful introduction to this type of markup language.
- XML Schema Language = XML Schema Definition (XSD).
- I think it’s great that you can choose whether attributes are optional or required (allows for some flexibility).
- My partner compares XML to and Excel doc, whereas HTML is more like a Word doc.
- It would be helpful if W3Schools provided a few resources for XML editors.
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