A Newbie to XML

[mike314]

I'm new to XML and want to learn it. I started to read the w3schools.com tutorial and I really don't understand much

Ok here is whats in question:

<book>
<title>My First XML</title>
<prod id="33-657" media="paper"></prod><chapter>Introduction to XML
<para>What is HTML</para>
<para>What is XML</para>
</chapter>

<chapter>XML Syntax
<para>Elements must have a closing tag</para>
<para>Elements must be properly nested</para>
</chapter>

</book>

That is code from the website, now this is used for what?? Is this an example of how to create tags or how to store data??

thanks any help is much appreciated

 

[CubeE101]

That is XML...

That's all there is too it...

XML is just a way to describe data using tags, in a tree like structure...

The tricky part comes in to play when you use the XML data...

since it sounds like you are familiar with the W3 Schools, check out the XML DOM, XPath, and XSLT areas...

Be sure to check out all of the Try It Yourself Examples...

That is where it starts to get FUN ;-)


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