Chapter 7. XML Data Transformation
XML was first introduced as a metalanguage for data description. Why is it a metalanguage and not just a language? In general, the prefix meta indicates an evolutionary transformation process. A metalanguage represents a well-defined interface that evolves and is transformed into derived languages. XML is simply the foundation interface for a number of specific markup languages, each of which is based on its own vocabulary and schema.
The schema syntactically differentiates XML languages from each other. XML is key for data exchange and interoperability, and the schema is essential for providing XML documents with a typed and well-defined structure. Unfortunately, in the imperfect world in which we live, schemas ...
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