XML File Syntax

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∟XML File Syntax

This chapter provides notes and tutorial examples on XML file syntax. Topics include types of information in XML file; syntax rules of XML file; 'xml' processing instruction; a simple XML sample file.

Types of Information in XML Files

XML File Syntax Rules

The <?xml ...?> Processing Instruction

dictionary.xml - A Simple XML Sample File

Takeaways:

6 types of information in an XML file: Processing Instruction, Comment, XML Element, Mixed Text, XML Entity, and CDATA Section.
XML syntax is very simple. There are only 6 basic rules for XML files.
The "xml" processing instruction with the "version" attribute is required for every XML file.

Table of Contents

About This Book

Introduction of XML (eXtensible Markup Language)

►XML File Syntax

XML File Browsers

XML-JSON Document Conversion

DOM (Document Object Model) Programming Interface

SAX (Simple API for XML) Programming Interface

DTD (Document Type Definition) Introduction

Syntaxes of DTD Statements

Validating an XML Document against the Specified DTD Document Type

XSD (XML Schema Definition) Introduction

Syntaxes of XSD Statements

Validating XML Documents Against Specified XML Schemas

XSL (Extensible Stylesheet Language) Introduction

Java Implementation of XSLT

XSLT (XSL Transformations) Introduction

XPath (XML Path) Language

XSLT Elements as Programming Statements

Control and Generate XML Element in the Result

PHP Extensions for XML Manipulation

Processing XML with Python Scripts

XML Notepad - XML Editor

XML Tools Plugin for Notepad++

XML Plugin Packages for Atom Editor

XML 1.1 Changes and Parsing Examples

Archived Tutorials

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