XML Flashcards
What is the meaning of XML?
Extensible Markup Language
What does XML do?
It describes and stores data
What are the characteristics of XML?
Flexible
Easy to share
Describes itself
Easy to extend
Vendor Independent
Platform Independent
Data is also known as
Text Node
Parent Node is also known as
Root Element
Book/authors/author. You can call this as a
Xpath otr path
It is a hierarchical data model
XML
Who uses XML
Banking
Life Sciences
Healthcare
Insurance
FInancial Markets
CrossIndustry
Chemical & Petroleum
Automotive
Retail
Electronics
Telecommunications
Energy and Utilities
What representation that uses node types
Parsed-hierarchical representation of an XML document
What representation uses root element, element, attribute, and text node
Serialized representation
A valid XML document is
A well-formed XML document
A document compliant with rules defined in an XML schema document or a document Type Definition document.
What is DTD document
Document Type Definition
A well-formed XML document is
It must have one and olny one root element
Each element begins and ends with an end tag
An element can contain other elements, attributes, or text nodes
Attribute values must be enclosed in double quotes. Text nodes, on the other hand, should not
It allows you to constrain the content of your XML documents (Kumbaga conditions)
Document Type Definition
It specify what kinds of content is allowed, where it is allowed to appear, and how many instances of certain type of content can appear
Document Type Definition