Basic HTML version of Foils prepared May 19 99

Foil 6 What is XML?

From An Introduction to XML Basic Information Track Computational Science Course CPS616 -- Spring Semester 1999. by Nancy McCracken,Ozgur Balsoy, Tom Scavo


1 XML = eXtensible Markup Language
2 XML is a subset of Standard Generalized Markup Language, but unlike the latter, XML is specifically designed for the web
3 How XML fits into the new HTML world:
  • XML describes the logical structure of the document.
  • CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) or other style language describes the visual presentation of the document.
  • The DOM (Document Object Model) allows scripting languages, such as JavaScript to access document objects.
  • DHTML (Dynamic HTML) allows a dynamic presentation of the document.

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