An Introduction to the Extensible Markup Language (XML)
This provides an overview of XML. I have to admit much of what is being said goes over my head by a considerable margin, but I get a sense of what the language can do. There are markups, of which three are commonly used in XML. Also you can string them together. I think the article title was a bit misleading, because you need to have some sense of computer language before you could tackle this article fairly.
A survey of XML standards
I like how the author breaks down the components of XML and offers multiple sources of information, to allow you to find more information if desired. Again with the heavy computerspeak, I had a hard time following it. It would be nice if there was a section on XML for dummies, with try me sections to allow us to get our hands dirty. All they theory without practical basis is not helping me at all.
Extending your Markup: a XML tutorial
This goes a little slower for those of us who have a big case of the huhs? I am again grateful for the set of examples, they help to provide a visual reinforcement of what the text is talking about. Though I will admit I went to Wikipedia so I could understand the concepts better. XML seems to be designed to better serve web needs.
ML Schema Tutorial
This is much better than the last ones. Bullet points to keep me on topic with this. Also It was broken down into easily digestible chunks. This article had the advantage of not trying to sound too smart and just trying to explain the concept with easy to understand writing and good visual images.
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Nice touch with going to Wikipedia. I should have thought to supplement my readings. I just figured that the tutorial would teach me what I needed to know... which it did for the most part, and I had the same positive experience with it that you did.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to know I'm not the only one who went to Wiki in order to understand the articles better. I figured maybe from that I could at least figure out the basics of XML and make some sense of what I was reading. I agree that it's difficult to read articles when they seem designed for people who already know what they're talking about.
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