The Structure of the <Catalog> Database

You've used a database of books under the <Catalog> XML tag in previous hours. That same tag will be used again, but now the data will be of a slightly different form and a schema will be used to describe it.

The entries in the <Catalog> database will all be books, and the <Book> entries will have the components shown in Table 20.1.

Table 20.1. The Data Components of the Online <Catalog> Database
Tag nameWhat it containsData type
<Title>The title of the bookText
<Subject>A list of keywords about the topics covered in thebookText
<Author>  
<Name>The name of the authorText
<Address>The address of theauthorText
<City>The city of residenceText
<State>The state of residenceText
<PostalCode>The postal code of residence ...

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