Java XML and JSON: Document Processing for Java SE

© Jeff Friesen 2019

Jeff FriesenJava XML and JSONhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4330-5_1

1. Introducing XML

Jeff Friesen¹ 

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Dauphin, MB, Canada

 

Applications commonly use XML documents to store and exchange data. XML defines rules for encoding documents in a format that is both human-readable and machine-readable. Chapter 1 introduces XML, tours the XML language features, and discusses well-formed and valid documents.

What Is XML?

XML (eXtensible Markup Language) is a meta-language (a language used to describe other languages) for defining vocabularies (custom markup languages), which is the key to XML’s importance and popularity. XML-based vocabularies (such as XHTML) let you describe documents in a meaningful way.

XML vocabulary documents are ...