Hour 1. Getting Started in XML
In the short history of the World Wide Web, there's a long list of "next great things" that turned out to be more hype than substance. Extensible Markup Language, or XML, is clearly one of these "next great things," but it's too early to tell where the hype ends. However, there's no doubt that Web commerce is here to stay, and XML is a valuable tool in facilitating the exchange of data between systems. It's based on the same principles of markup languages that make HTML work, so it's easy to learn. For these reasons, XML should have some longevity (at least in terms of the Web).
In this hour, you'll learn the following:
A brief history of markup languages and why XML was created to supplement HTML in the building ...
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