XML

Question 0

Features of XML

Answer 0

Generalized markup language - defines its own tags

Contains rules and self-describing

Question 1

What is XML?

Answer 1

Extensible Markup Language

Store & transport data

To structure and describe data that can be understood by other applications

Separate user interface from data

Question 2

Logical structure of XML

Answer 2

Declaration
Elements
Comments

Question 3

Well Formed XML

Answer 3

XML document must have a root element ( only one)
XML elements must have a closing tag
XML tags are CASE SENSITIVE (except declaration)
XML elements must be properly nested
XML attribute values must be quoted

Comments <!--This is a comment-->
Entity references (No < and &)

Question 5

XML Declaration

Answer 5

//

Identifies the version to which XML conforms

No closing tag

If other attributes are declared, this is the order

Must be in lower case (except die the encoding declarations)