Table of Contents
An XML Tutorial
What is XML ?
Example Documents
Example: E-Mail Document in XML
XML Features in a Nutshell
XML Development Timeline
Architectural Dependencies
Overview of the Tutorial
XML shall ...
XML Markup Overview
Character Data
Comments & Escaped Content
Processing Instructions
Elements
Attributes
Doc Type Declarations
Document Type Definition (DTD)
Well-formed vs. Valid Documents
DTD Element Declarations
DTD Attribute List Declarations
DTD: Some Attribute Types
Quick review
Convention: Data Structures
Convention: Link identification
Convention: Extended Pointers (XPointers)
Applications of XML
Example: Content Definition Format
CDF Example Document
Example: XML/EDI
EDItEUR Message in XML
EDItEUR DTD
Extensible Style Language (XSL)
The book order displayed using XSL
Example: Web Bookstore
And some more applications ...
Conclusions
Software Opportunities
Further reading
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