XML

XML: Extensible Markup Language

• XML stands for E Xtensible Markup Language
• XML is a markup language much like HTML.
• XML was designed to describe data .
• XML tags are not predefined in XML. You must define your own tags .
• XML is self describing .
• XML uses a DTD ( Document Type Definition ) to formally describe the data.
• XML is not a replacement for HTML. XML and HTML were designed with different goals :
• XML was designed to describe data and to focus on what data is .
• HTML was designed to display data and to focus on how data looks .
• HTML is about displaying information, XML is about describing information.
  
• XML (W3C)
• XML in 10 points (W3C)
• FAQ (Flynn)
• XML links (Bourret)
• XML cover pages (coverpages.com)
• XML Articles (coverpages.com)
• www.xml.com (O'Reilly)
• www.xmlfiles.com
• A Technical Introduction to XML
• XML Tutorials (Møller & Schwartzbach)
• XML101
• XML news (xmlhack.com)
  

XML Database

• Introduction to Native XML Databases (NXD)
• Introduction to dbXML
• XML:DB
      FAQ
• XML and Databases (Bourret)
• ScrollKeeper: Open Source Document Management
• dbXML Group
• eXist

RDF; Resource Description Framework

A language to represent metadata about Web resources: author, title, copyright, etc.

• RDF (W3C)
• FAQ (W3C)
• An introduction to RDF (IBM)