Visual Basic 2005 for Programmers: Deitel Developer Series, Second Edition

19.3. Structuring Data

In this section and throughout this chapter, we create our own XML markup. XML allows you to describe data precisely in a well-structured format.

XML Markup for an Article

In Fig. 19.2, we present an XML document that marks up a simple article using XML. The line numbers shown are for reference only and are not part of the XML document.

Figure 19.2. XML used to mark up an article.

1 <?xml version = "1.0" ?> 2 <!-- Fig. 19.2: article.xml --> 3 <!-- Article structured with XML --> 4 5 <article> 6 <title>Simple XML</title> 7 8 <date>May 5, 2005</date> 9 10 <author> 11 <firstName> John</firstName> 12 <lastName> Doe</lastName> 13 </author> 14 15 <summary> XML is pretty easy.</summary> 16 17 <content> 18 In this chapter, ...