Chapter One
Getting to Know XML
In This Chapter
* Introducing XML
* Examining the many uses of XML
* Deciphering what XML is and what XML isn't
* Building an XML document
Have you ever needed a document format that you could use to exchange
data either across the Internet or across an intranet? Well, eXtensible
Markup Language (XML) may be just the solution. In fact, many different industries
have discovered the wonders of XML and use it extensively to help
organize and classify their data.
XML is a
markup language it uses tags to label, categorize, and organize
information in a specific way.
Markup describes document or data structure
and organization.
Content, such as text, images, and data, is that part of the
code that the markup tags contain; it's also what's of greatest interest to
most everyday humans who read or interact with data or documents. XML
isn't limited to a particular set of markup you create your own ma ...
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