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XML Fundamentals Flashcards

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Blank is a markup language that you can use to structure and format any kind of data that have multiple purposes

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XML

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XML has multiple purposes. Name 4:

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data storage
data retrieval
data mining
data processing

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Extensible markup language (XML) is a markup language proposed by the blank.

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World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

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XML, unlike HTML, is blank because it is used by other applications beyond web browsers.

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case-sensitive

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Other XML applications require blank (including case sensitivity and formal syntax) of terms.

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formal definition

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XML is a way to attach information to blank.

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text

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Like all other markup languages, XML behaves like a blank that you might use to highlight text in different colors to distinguish key data points.

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highlighter

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Note that XML tags can be blank

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nested

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Nesting is indicated by an blank so the web designer can easily visualize where content will be nested.

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indentation

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XML is considered extensible because it is more blank than HTML. With HTML, tags are specific and fixed. With XML, you can invent whatever tag categories you wish and add as many tags as you want to highlight specific information in your code.

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versatile

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The inclusion or removal of blank will not affect the processing of the XML file.

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XML elements

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12
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XML tags follow one of what two formats

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Element tags:
Self-closing tags:

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13
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What kind of XML tag
<tag_name, attributes><text></tag_name>
Example: <city>"LA"</city></text>

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Element Tags

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What kind of XML tag?
<tag_name, attributes />
Example: <hierarchy></hierarchy>

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Self-closing tag

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You will notice that both XML formats include what two elements:

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a tag_name, which is any unique identifier for a tag kind

attributes, which are an optional list of pairs attribute_name=”attribute_value”.

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16
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XML is just blank wrapped in tags.

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information

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17
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XML was designed to blank - with focus on what data is

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carry data

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HTML was designed to blank - with focus on how data looks

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display data

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19
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XML tags are not blank like HTML tags are

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predefined

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With XML, the author must define both the blank and the blank.

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tags and document structure

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21
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XML simplifies what four things?

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data sharing
data transport
platform changes
data availability

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XML stores data in blank. This provides a software- and hardware-independent way of storing, transporting, and sharing data.

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plain text format

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23
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XML Documents Must Have a blank Element

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Root

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24
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XML documents must contain one root element that is the blank of all other elements

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parent

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25
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Name the basic XML syntax

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root>

<child>
<subchild>.....</subchild>
</child>

</root>

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26
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The XML blank is optional. If it exists, it must come first in the document.

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prolog

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XML documents can contain blank, like Norwegian øæå or French êèé.

To avoid errors, you should specify the encoding used, or save your XML files as blank

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international characters
UTF-8.

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blank is the default character encoding for XML documents.

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UTF-8

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29
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In XML, it is illegal to omit the blank. All elements must have a blank:

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closing tag

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30
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The XML prolog does not have a blank! This is not an error. The prolog is not a part of the XML document.

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closing tag

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31
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Give the syntax for XML prolog

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<?xml version=”1.0” encoding=”UTF-8”?>

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32
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XML tags are blank. The tag <Letter> is different from the tag <letter>.</letter></Letter>

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case sensitive

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33
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Opening and closing tags must be written with the same blank

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case

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34
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In XML, all elements must be properly blank within each other

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nested

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35
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Properly nested or not -
<b><i>This text is bold and italic</b></i></b>

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Not

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Properly nested or not -
<b><i>This text is bold and italic</i></b>

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Properly nested

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XML elements can have attributes in name/value pairs just like in HTML.

In XML, the attribute values must always be blank

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Some characters have a blank in XML.

If you place a character like “<” inside an XML element, it will generate an error because the parser interprets it as the start of a new element.

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special meaning

39
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To avoid this error, replace the “<” character with an blank

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entity reference

40
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entity reference for < less than

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entity reference for > greater than

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entity reference for & ampersand

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entity reference for ‘ apostrophe

44
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entity reference for “ quotation mark

45
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Name the syntax for making an XML comment

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<!-- This is a comment -->

46
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Blank in the middle of a comment are not allowed

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Two dashes

47
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XML does not truncate blank (HTML truncates multiple white-spaces to one single white-space)

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multiple white-spaces

48
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XML Stores New Line as blank

49
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XML documents that conform to the syntax rules above are said to be blank XML documents.

A

“Well Formed”

50
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Even though XML is intended to blank , it can also be used as a framework to provide additional style to other markup languages like HTML.

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store data

51
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While there are some practical differences, in general, HTML follows the blank and principles.

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XML structure

52
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it is important to understand that HTML is specifically designed to blank that will be read and displayed by a web browser while XML provides a structure for data but is not intended to be blankl.

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render content
displayed

53
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HTML or XML:
It was written in 1993.

54
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HTML or XML:
It was released in 1996.

55
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HTML or XML:
Hyper Text Markup Language

56
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HTML or XML:
stands for Extensible Markup Language.

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HTML or XML:
static in nature.

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HTML or XML:
dynamic in nature.

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HTML or XML:
developed by WHATWG

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HTML or XML:
developed by Worldwide Web Consortium.

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HTML or XML:
termed as a presentation language

62
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HTML or XML:
neither termed as a presentation nor a programming language

63
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HTML or XML:
a markup language

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HTML or XML:
framework to define markup languages

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HTML or XML:
can ignore small errors

66
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HTML or XML:
does not allow errors

67
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HTML or XML:
has an extension of .html and .htm

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HTML or XML:
has an extension of .xml

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HTML or XML:
is not Case sensitive

70
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HTML or XML:
is Case sensitive.

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HTML or XML:
tags are predefined tags

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HTML or XML:
tags are user-defined tags.

73
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HTML or XML:
limited number of tags.

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HTML or XML:
tags are extensible

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HTML or XML:
does not preserve white spaces

76
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HTML or XML:
White space can be preserved

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HTML or XML:
tags are used for displaying the data.

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HTML or XML:
tags are used for describing the data not for displaying

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HTML or XML:
closing tags are not necessary

80
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HTML or XML:
closing tags are necessary.

81
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HTML or XML:
is used to display the data

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HTML or XML:
is used to store data

83
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HTML or XML:
does not carry data it just displays it.

84
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HTML or XML:
carries the data to and from the database.

85
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HTML or XML:
offers native object support

86
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HTML or XML:
the objects are expressed by conventions using attributes

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HTML or XML:
document size is relatively small

88
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HTML or XML:
document size is relatively large as the approach of formatting and the codes both are lengthy

89
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HTML or XML:
additional application is not required for parsing of JavaScript code

90
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HTML or XML:
DOM(Document Object Model) is required for parsing JavaScript codes and mapping of text.

91
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HTML or XML:
tools used are:

Visual Studio Code
Atom
Notepad++
Sublime Text

92
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HTML or XML:
tools used are:

Oxygen XML
XML Notepad
Liquid Studio

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