Professional ASP.Net 2.0 XML
Chapter One
Introduction to XML
Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a language defined by the World Wide Web Consortium
(W3C, ), the body that sets the standards for the Web. You can use XML to
create your own elements, thus creating a customized markup language for your own use. In
this way, XML supersedes other markup languages such as Hypertext Markup Language
(HTML); in HTML, all the elements you use are predefined-and there are not enough of them.
In fact, XML is a metamarkup language because it lets you create your own markup languages.
XML is the next logical step in developing the full potential of the Internet and the Web. Just as
HTML, HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP), and Web browsers paved the way for exciting new
methods of communications between networked computers and people, XML and its associa ... read full excerpt from Professional ASP.NET 2.0 XML ebook
