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-An [Acronym] (yet another [TLA]) for e__X__tensible __M__arkup __L__anguage, a marginally human read-/editable MarkupLanguage which is a simplified decendant of [SGML]. The [W3C] maintains the [XML] standard
.
+An [Acronym] (yet another [TLA]) for e__X__tensible __M__arkup __L__anguage.
-[SGML
] was an
extremely comprehensive 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
[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).
-[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]).
+[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]).
See also:
* [Valid]
* [WellFormed]
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* [Apache]'s [XML Project | http://xml.apache.org/]
----
-;
AsSeenOnSlashdot : %%%
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
-** FLASH
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
-** Microsoft
's secret weapon against [Sun]'s Open Office
-*
* Sun's secret weapon against [Microsoft]
's Office
-*
* The town bicycle
-;: %%%
--Rick Jelliffe
+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]'s OpenOffice
+
* Sun's secret weapon against MicrosoftCorporation
's Office
+
* The town bicycle
+
--Rick Jelliffe
----
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