XML and Related Technologies

• Intro
 
• Design
 
• HTML/XHTML
 
• Style
 
• JavaScript
 
• XML
 
• SVG

I've been working with XML since 1998. Although I don't agree with the people who say that XML changes everything and that everything should be in XML, I do believe that XML is an important technology.

General XML Links

• "Why Convert Documents into XML?"

W3C XML Links

These links may help your understanding of XML.

World Wide Web Consortium Extensible Markup Language (XML) Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Third Edition) Namespaces in XML 1.1 XML Inclusions (XInclude) Version 1.0 XForms 1.0

xml:id Version 1.0 XPointer Framework XML Linking Language (XLink) Version 1.0 P3P Project Overview DDML Specification, Version 1.0 XML Schema

XSL Links

Extensible Stylesheet Language Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) Version 1.0 XSL Transformations (XSLT) XML Path Language (XPath) Using XSL and CSS together XSL Frequently Asked Questions

XT: Jaava implementation of XSLT What's the Big Deal With XSL? - G. Ken Holman Mulberry Technologies, Inc.: XSL-List -- Open Forum on XSL XSL Transformations

Other XML Links

A Technical Introduction to XML Frequently Asked Questions about the Extensible Markup Language The SGML/XML Web Pages XML Media Types XML.com

The XML Industry Portal developer news from the XML community Cafe con Leche XML News and Resources The WDVL: XML: Extensible Markup Language Monastic XML.com: An ascetic view of XML best practices

XML Examples

• SMIL - Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language
  • W3C SMIL Recommendation
  • Just <smil>
• PGML - Precision Graphics Markup Language
• The Site for Chemical Markup Language
• Open Financial Exchange
• Resource Description Framework (RDF)

Relax/NG

Relax/NG is a schema language that is easier to understand that the W3C XML Schema language and more powerful than DTDs.

• OASIS Technical Committee: RELAX NG
• XML Schema Best Practices Homepage
• W3C XML Schema Primer
• RELAX NG Tutorial
• RELAX NG Implementations
• Relax NG, Compared
• Relaxer

Books

• XML Bible, Elliotte Rusty Harold,
  IDG Books Worldwide, ISBN: 0-7645-3236-7.
  Highly recommended
• XML Elements of Style, Simon St. Laurent,
  McGraw Hill, ISBN: 0-07-212220-X.
  Highly recommended
• XML in a Nutshell, Elliote Rusty Harold & W. Scott Means,
  O'Reilly and Associates, ISBN: 0-596-00058-8.
  Recommended
• Learning XML, Erik T. Ray,
  O'Reilly and Associates, ISBN: 0-596-0046-4.
  Recommended
• XML Pocket Reference, Robert Eckstein,
  O'Reilly and Associates, ISBN: 1-56592-709-5.
• XML: Principles, Tools, and Techniques, Dan Connolly (ed)
  World Wide Web Journal, Winter 1997, Vol. 2, No. 4
  O'Reilly, ISBN: 1-56592-349-9.
• XML Applications, Frank Broumphrey, et al.,
  Wrox Press Ltd., ISBN: 1-861001-52-5.