XML

XML is the Extensible Markup Language. The Web site www.w3.org/XML/ lists numerous links containing way too much information on XML. Read this chapter first, practice with the Immediate Solutions, and then read the official documents.

The chapter on XML contains the following sections.

   In Depth
      What is XML?
         Why is XML Magic?
         What Does XML Do?
         What Does XML Not Do?
         XML Does Not Replace HTML
      Data
         External Entities
         Unparsed Entities
         Writing Complex DTDs
      Structure
         Names
         Attributes
         CDATA
         DTD
         Namespace
         XLink and XPointer
      XML Functions
         Installation
         Functions
      XSLT
         HTML, DHTML, or XSLT?
         Installing XSLT
         XSLT Functions
      WDDX
      DOM
         Installing DOM XML
         DOM XML Functions

   Immediate Solutions
      Displaying XML Files
      Displaying XML Data
      Parsing XML Data
      Matching XML Start and End Tags