Appendix C. XML Glossary
This appendix provides definitions of selected XML-related terms.
- arc
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XLink construct that provides information about how to traverse a pair of resources.
- attribute axis
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XPath axis that contains only attribute nodes. The abbreviated syntax for the attribute axis is the @ character, usually followed immediately by the attribute name or a wildcard.
- axis
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XPath term referring to the way in which the in-memory representation of an XML document is navigated.
- axis name
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The part of a location step that specifies which XPath axis is to be used in the location step.
- CDATA section
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Character data not intended to be parsed by an XML processor is enclosed in a CDATA section.
- character encoding
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A way to represent a character, ...
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