XML Overview
Web Resources
- The web site we will use for our class discussion
http://xmlfiles.com/xml/default.asp - Very useful O'Reilly site for XML seekers
http://www.xml.com/ - World Wide Web Consortium XML FAQ
http://www.ucc.ie:8080/cocoon/xmlfaq - CNET's Builder.com XML topic center
http://builder.cnet.com/webbuilding/pages/Authoring/XmlSpot/ - Annotated XML Specification
http://www.xml.com/axml/testaxml.htm
Useful Texts
- XML for the World Wide Web, Castro, Peachpit Press
- Learning XML, Ray, O'Reilly
Topics for XML discussion
- what is XML?
- XML compared to HTML and XHTML
- XML advantages
- XML support
- well-formed vs. valid XML
- XML use on the web
- XML use in other applications
- browser support
- other software support
- demonstration content management system
- use in configuration files
- XSL
- XSLT