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JavaScript

by Rheinwerk Publishing, Inc, Philip Ackermann
September 2024
Beginner to intermediate
985 pages
35h 37m
English
Packt Publishing
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9.2    The XML Format

XML is a markup language that can be used to structure data hierarchically.

9.2.1    The Structure of XML

In terms of syntax, XML looks similar to HTML (although there are some differences in detail, which we won't discuss at this point); that is, there are XML elements and XML attributes.

In principle, you’re free to decide which elements you use within an XML document and which attributes you use within an element. As a rule, however, both are defined in an XML schema (or alternatively in a document type definition [DTD]). Both the XML schema and DTD contain rules, including which elements may be used in an XML document, which attributes these elements may have, and which child elements are allowed. As this book is primarily ...

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