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-Subset
of [SGML].
+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
.
-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
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] or a [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 FunctionalProgramming language expressed in [XML])
.
+
+Good websites full of useful [XML] stuff include:
+# [O'Reilly's|http://www.oreillynet.com/]: [http://www.xml.com/]
+# The official [W3C] website: [http://www.w3.org/]
+# The [XML] [FAQ]: [http://www.ucc.ie/xml/]
+# [Apache] [XML] Project: [http://xml.apache.org/]
+
+
+See also:
+
+[Valid], [WellFormed], [XHTML]
and [HTML].
+
+This pages regularly re-written by [StuartYeates].
+
+----
+
+; 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
-Uses a [DTD] to describe the data within the [XML] document.
----
-Yet Another Three Letter [Acronym]
+CategoryStandards
