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XML Fast Start: A Quick Start Guide for XML
XML Fast Start A Quick Start Guide for XML Author:Smart Brain Training Solutions What is XML? XML, or eXtensible Markup Language, is a metalanguage. That is, it?s a language that can be used to describe other languages and a specification for storing information. Although XML and HTML may seem to have a lot in common, in reality the difference between them is like the difference between night and day. HTML is used to format... more » information, but it isn?t very useful when it comes to describing information. For example, you can use HTML to format a table, but you can?t use HTML to describe the data elements within the table. The reason for this is that you can?t really depict something as abstract as a distributor or a customer with HTML, which is where XML comes into the picture. XML can be, and is, used to define the structure of data rather than its format. This 50-page Fast Start guide begins by showing you the basics of the XML language and then builds on that knowledge to show you how to create an XML document.« less