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-Subset of
[SGML
].
+An
[Acronym
] (yet another [TLA]) for e__X__tensible __M__arkup __L__anguage
.
-E__x__tensible __M__arkup __L__anguage
+A [W3C]-maintained standard for a marginally human read-/editable MarkupLanguage. It is a simplified decendant the extremely comprehensive [SGML] standard for which hardly a single fully compliant parser was ever written. Many of its features, even implemented ones, are hardly used. On the other hand, it lacks various useful features. [XML] was designed to address these shortcomings while reducing the language specification to a small set of rules in order to be easily and consistently parsable. It lacks features such as [CONCUR] but adds others such as NameSpace~s (as good an idea in a MarkupLanguage as they are in a ProgrammingLanguage).
-A
language for marking up information
, usually used
for interchange between programs and for file formats. Marginally human readable and editable
, but mostly designed
for computer generation
and reading
.
+[XML] is specialised using a [DTD], an [XML] [Schema], or a [RelaxNG] schema to describe the structure of data within a [XML] document. Each specialisation is actually a new
language for marking up a particular type of data. Thus DocBook is a specialisation for marking up the text of books
, [XHTML] is a specialisation
for marking up web pages
, [MathML] is a specialisation
for marking up mathematical equations, tables
and formulae and [XSLT] is a specialisation for marking up a programming language (a functional programming language expressed in [XML])
.
-Uses a
[DTD
] to describe the data within the
[XML] document
.
+See also:
+*
[Valid
]
+* [WellFormed]
+* [XHTML]
+* [HTML]
+* The [W3C] site
+* [O'Reilly|http://www.oreillynet.com/]'s
[XML.com | http://www.xml.com/
]
+* The [XML FAQ | http://www
.ucc.ie/xml/]
+* [Apache]'s [XML Project | http://xml.apache.org/]
----
-Yet Another Three Letter
[Acronym
]
+
+AsSeenOnSlashdot:
+
+ <br>
[XML
] is like:
+ * [SGML] without configurability
+ * [HTML] without forgivingness
+ * [LISP] without functions
+ * [CSV] without flatness
+ * [PDF] without Acrobat
+ * [ASN.1] without binary encodings
+ * EDI without commercial semantics
+ * [RTF] without word-processing semantics
+ * [CORBA] without tight coupling
+ * ZIP without compression or packaging
+ * MacromediaFlash without the multimedia
+ * A database without a [RDBMS] or [DDL] or [DML] or [SQL] or a formal model
+ * A [MIME] header which does not evaporate
+ * Morse code with more characters
+ * [Unicode] with more control characters
+ * A mean spoilsport, depriving programmers the fun of inventing their own syntaxes during work hours
+ * The first step in Mao's journey of a thousand miles
+ * The intersection of James Clark and [Oracle]
+ * The common ground between Simon St. L and Henry Thomson
+ * The secret love child of Uche and Elliotte
+ * MicrosoftCorporation's secret weapon against [Sun|SunMicrosystems]'s OpenOffice
+ * [Sun|SunMicrosystems]'s secret weapon against MicrosoftCorporation's Office
+ * The town bicycle
+ – Rick Jelliffe
+
+----
+CategoryStandards
