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XML is a markup language that is used to transport and store data. It uses tags and attributes to provide extra information about the data. XML documents are structured as trees, with a single root element and child elements nested within parent elements. The structure and elements of an XML document can be defined using a DTD or XML schema. Benefits of XML include being text-based, modular, and able to represent semantics along with data, while obstacles include verbosity and lack of intrinsic data types.

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2 Overview • What is XML? • Use of XML • Difference between HTML & XML • Rules of XML • Encoding • Example of XML Document • XML Trees • DTD • XML Schema • Benifits of XML • Obstacles of XML • References
3 What is XML?? • a family of technologies: - XML 1.0 - Xlink - Xpointer & Xfragments - CSS, XSL, XSLT - DOM - XML Namespaces - XML Schemas XML
4 XML Introduction • XML stands for EXtensible Markup Language. • XML is designed to transport and store data. • XML is important to know, and very easy to learn. • XML is a markup language much like HTML. • XML was designed to carry data, not to display data. • Tags are added to the document to provide the extra information. XML
5 XML Introduction (cont....) • XML and HTML have a similar syntax … both derived from SGML. • An XML document resides in its own file with an ‘.xml’ extension • officially recommended by W3C since 1998. • primarily created by Jon Bosak of Sun Microsystems. XML
6 Why XML is used? • XML documents are used to transfer data from one place to another often over the Internet. • XML subsets are designed for particular applications. • One is RSS (Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication ). It is used to send breaking news bulletins from one web site to another. XML
7 Why XML is used? (cont…) • A number of fields have their own subsets. These include chemistry, mathematics, and books publishing. • Most of these subsets are registered with the W3Consortium and are available for anyone’s use. XML
8 Quick Comparison HTML • uses tags and attributes. • content and formatting can be placed together <p><font=”Arial”>text </font></p> • tags and attributes are pre-determined and rigid. XML • uses tags and attributes. • content and format are separate, formatting is contained in a stylesheet. • allows user to specify what each tag and attribute means. XML
9 The Basic Rules • Tags are enclosed in angle brackets. • Tags come in pairs with start-tags and end-tags. • Tags must be properly nested. – <name><email>…</name></email> is not allowed. – <name><email>…</email><name> is allowed. • Tags that do not have end-tags must be terminated by a ‘/’. – <br /> is an html example. XML
10 The Basic Rules(Cont…) • Tags are case sensitive. – <address> is not the same as <Address> • XML in any combination of cases is not allowed as part of a tag. • Tags may not contain ‘<‘ or ‘&’. • Tags follow Java naming conventions, except that a single colon and other characters are allowed. They must begin with a letter and may not contain white space. • Documents must have a single root tag that begins the document. XML
11 Encoding • XML uses Unicode to encode characters. • Unicode comes in many flavors. The most common one used in the West is UTF-8. • UTF-8 is a variable length code. Characters are encoded in 1 byte, 2 bytes, or 4 bytes. • The first 128 characters in Unicode are ASCII. • In UTF-8, the numbers between 128 and 255 code for some of the more common characters used in western Europe, such as ã, á, å, or ç. <?xml version=”1.0” encoding=”UTF-8”> XML
12 Walking through an Example <?xml version = “1.0” ?> <address> <name> <first>Alena</first> <last>Lee</last> </name> <email>alena@aaol.com</email> <phone>123-45-6789</phone> <birthday> <year>1978</year> <month>09</month> <day>17</day> </birthday> </address> Root Element Parent node of first element Child node of name element Siblings XML
13 XML Files are trees address name email phone birthday first last year month day XML
14 XML Trees • An XML document has a single root node. • The tree is a general ordered tree. – A parent node may have any number of children. – Child nodes are ordered, and may have siblings. • Pre-order traversals are usually used for getting information out of the tree. XML
15 DTD (Document Type Definition) • A DTD describes the tree structure of a document and something about its data. • There are two data types: 1. PCDATA. PCDATA is parsed character data. 2. CDATA CDATA is character data, not usually parsed. • A DTD determines how many times a node may appear, and how child nodes are ordered. XML
16 DTD for address example <!ELEMENT address (name, email, phone, birthday)> <!ELEMENT name (first, last)> <!ELEMENT first (#PCDATA)> <!ELEMENT last (#PCDATA)> <!ELEMENT email (#PCDATA)> <!ELEMENT phone (#PCDATA)> <!ELEMENT birthday (year, month, day)> <!ELEMENT year (#PCDATA)> <!ELEMENT month (#PCDATA)> <!ELEMENT day (#PCDATA)> XML
17 XML Schema • Schemas are themselves XML documents. • They were standardized after DTDs and provide more information about the document. • They have a number of data types including string, decimal, integer, boolean, date, and time. • They divide elements into simple and complex types. • They also determine the tree structure and how many children a node may have. XML
18 Schema for first address example <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?> <xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"> <xs:element name="address"> <xs:complexType> <xs:sequence> <xs:element name="name" type="xs:string"/> <xs:element name="email" type="xs:string"/> <xs:element name="phone" type="xs:string"/> <xs:element name="birthday" type="xs:date"/> </xs:sequence> </xs:complexType> </xs:element> </xs:schema> XML
19 Benefits of XML • XML is text (Unicode) based. – Takes up less space. – Can be transmitted efficiently. • One XML document can be displayed differently in different media. – Html, video, CD, DVD, – You only have to change the XML document in order to change all the rest. • XML documents can be modularized. Parts can be reused. • Easy to understand for human users. • Very expressive(semanticsalong with thedata). • Well structured, easy to read and writefrom programs. XML
20 Obstacles of XML • XML syntax is too verbose relative to other alternative ‘text-based’ data transmission formats. • No intrinsic data type support. • XML syntax is redundant. XML
21 References • W3Schools Online Web Tutorials, http://www.w3schools.com. • www.tutorialpoint.com • www.basicxml.com • www.slideshare.com
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  • 2. 2 Overview • What is XML? • Use of XML • Difference between HTML & XML • Rules of XML • Encoding • Example of XML Document • XML Trees • DTD • XML Schema • Benifits of XML • Obstacles of XML • References
  • 3. 3 What is XML?? • a family of technologies: - XML 1.0 - Xlink - Xpointer & Xfragments - CSS, XSL, XSLT - DOM - XML Namespaces - XML Schemas XML
  • 4. 4 XML Introduction • XML stands for EXtensible Markup Language. • XML is designed to transport and store data. • XML is important to know, and very easy to learn. • XML is a markup language much like HTML. • XML was designed to carry data, not to display data. • Tags are added to the document to provide the extra information. XML
  • 5. 5 XML Introduction (cont....) • XML and HTML have a similar syntax … both derived from SGML. • An XML document resides in its own file with an ‘.xml’ extension • officially recommended by W3C since 1998. • primarily created by Jon Bosak of Sun Microsystems. XML
  • 6. 6 Why XML is used? • XML documents are used to transfer data from one place to another often over the Internet. • XML subsets are designed for particular applications. • One is RSS (Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication ). It is used to send breaking news bulletins from one web site to another. XML
  • 7. 7 Why XML is used? (cont…) • A number of fields have their own subsets. These include chemistry, mathematics, and books publishing. • Most of these subsets are registered with the W3Consortium and are available for anyone’s use. XML
  • 8. 8 Quick Comparison HTML • uses tags and attributes. • content and formatting can be placed together <p><font=”Arial”>text </font></p> • tags and attributes are pre-determined and rigid. XML • uses tags and attributes. • content and format are separate, formatting is contained in a stylesheet. • allows user to specify what each tag and attribute means. XML
  • 9. 9 The Basic Rules • Tags are enclosed in angle brackets. • Tags come in pairs with start-tags and end-tags. • Tags must be properly nested. – <name><email>…</name></email> is not allowed. – <name><email>…</email><name> is allowed. • Tags that do not have end-tags must be terminated by a ‘/’. – <br /> is an html example. XML
  • 10. 10 The Basic Rules(Cont…) • Tags are case sensitive. – <address> is not the same as <Address> • XML in any combination of cases is not allowed as part of a tag. • Tags may not contain ‘<‘ or ‘&’. • Tags follow Java naming conventions, except that a single colon and other characters are allowed. They must begin with a letter and may not contain white space. • Documents must have a single root tag that begins the document. XML
  • 11. 11 Encoding • XML uses Unicode to encode characters. • Unicode comes in many flavors. The most common one used in the West is UTF-8. • UTF-8 is a variable length code. Characters are encoded in 1 byte, 2 bytes, or 4 bytes. • The first 128 characters in Unicode are ASCII. • In UTF-8, the numbers between 128 and 255 code for some of the more common characters used in western Europe, such as ã, á, å, or ç. <?xml version=”1.0” encoding=”UTF-8”> XML
  • 12. 12 Walking through an Example <?xml version = “1.0” ?> <address> <name> <first>Alena</first> <last>Lee</last> </name> <email>alena@aaol.com</email> <phone>123-45-6789</phone> <birthday> <year>1978</year> <month>09</month> <day>17</day> </birthday> </address> Root Element Parent node of first element Child node of name element Siblings XML
  • 13. 13 XML Files are trees address name email phone birthday first last year month day XML
  • 14. 14 XML Trees • An XML document has a single root node. • The tree is a general ordered tree. – A parent node may have any number of children. – Child nodes are ordered, and may have siblings. • Pre-order traversals are usually used for getting information out of the tree. XML
  • 15. 15 DTD (Document Type Definition) • A DTD describes the tree structure of a document and something about its data. • There are two data types: 1. PCDATA. PCDATA is parsed character data. 2. CDATA CDATA is character data, not usually parsed. • A DTD determines how many times a node may appear, and how child nodes are ordered. XML
  • 16. 16 DTD for address example <!ELEMENT address (name, email, phone, birthday)> <!ELEMENT name (first, last)> <!ELEMENT first (#PCDATA)> <!ELEMENT last (#PCDATA)> <!ELEMENT email (#PCDATA)> <!ELEMENT phone (#PCDATA)> <!ELEMENT birthday (year, month, day)> <!ELEMENT year (#PCDATA)> <!ELEMENT month (#PCDATA)> <!ELEMENT day (#PCDATA)> XML
  • 17. 17 XML Schema • Schemas are themselves XML documents. • They were standardized after DTDs and provide more information about the document. • They have a number of data types including string, decimal, integer, boolean, date, and time. • They divide elements into simple and complex types. • They also determine the tree structure and how many children a node may have. XML
  • 18. 18 Schema for first address example <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?> <xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"> <xs:element name="address"> <xs:complexType> <xs:sequence> <xs:element name="name" type="xs:string"/> <xs:element name="email" type="xs:string"/> <xs:element name="phone" type="xs:string"/> <xs:element name="birthday" type="xs:date"/> </xs:sequence> </xs:complexType> </xs:element> </xs:schema> XML
  • 19. 19 Benefits of XML • XML is text (Unicode) based. – Takes up less space. – Can be transmitted efficiently. • One XML document can be displayed differently in different media. – Html, video, CD, DVD, – You only have to change the XML document in order to change all the rest. • XML documents can be modularized. Parts can be reused. • Easy to understand for human users. • Very expressive(semanticsalong with thedata). • Well structured, easy to read and writefrom programs. XML
  • 20. 20 Obstacles of XML • XML syntax is too verbose relative to other alternative ‘text-based’ data transmission formats. • No intrinsic data type support. • XML syntax is redundant. XML
  • 21. 21 References • W3Schools Online Web Tutorials, http://www.w3schools.com. • www.tutorialpoint.com • www.basicxml.com • www.slideshare.com
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