What is XML? Is it easy to learn?

Question

Do you need a special program to use it? I'm a Graphic Designer applying for a job, the employer is looking for this.

Answer 1

To me XML is off the track for graphic design.I see XML as script.Graphic design would be Paint Shop Pro,Photo Shop and so on.Do you have work that you've done to show the employer?Don't give up on computer graphic design it's big!

Answer 2

How To Learn Xml

Answer 3

XML isn't easy. That is a code language similar to HTML if I am not mistaken. Nothing in life is "easy," don't expect stuff to fall on your lap without effort. You will be able to figure it out if you try hard, as it is possible but will require a good amount of effort.

Answer 4

Extensible markup language. Very easy to learn. Your browser itself is the special program you need. All good browsers support XML, in addition to HTML. In fact, HTML is being gradually replaced by XML.

Answer 5

Yes, XML is pretty simple syntax, no software required... Google for XML tutorials...

Answer 6

I belive that XML is a type of Excel spredsheet.

Answer 7

as far as i know it's like HTML as in web coding

you can probably take classes on it at a community college[LOL] for cheap or go online and find a XML guide somewhere

Answer 8

it is extremely difficult to learn. so i suggest you get a wysiwyg xml editor to start with so you can see how it writes the code. then later start writing your own code by hand.



http://www.google.com/search?q=wysiwyg+xml+editor



a good book to start with is "xml for dummies". no i'm not calling you a dummy. i didn't name the book.

Answer 9

eXtensible Markup Language(XML) is used to describe the data. As HTML, XML consists tags, but these tags are user defined.

Unlike HTML, it follows some strict instructions while defining the tags.

We need special programs to read the data that is available in XML format. And so many tools are available to read,write and process the XML files.

The extension of XML file is .xml, like web.xml.

Normally in all Internet applications, XML files are the configuration files.

Its easy to learn. You can found more tutorials for XML in Internet.



Example:





George

A1234

1234

First Cross

George

GD

ABCCountry

Answer 10

XML (Extensible Markup Language) is a W3C initiative that allows information and services to be encoded with meaningful structure and semantics that computers and humans can understand. XML is great for information exchange, and can easily be extended to include user-specified and industry-specified tags.

www.orafaq.com/glossary/faqglosx.htm



Short for Extensible Markup Language, a specification developed by the W3C. XML is a pared-down version of SGML, designed especially for Web documents. It allows designers to create their own customized tags, enabling the definition, transmission, validation, and interpretation of data between applications and between organizations.

www.bytowninternet.com/glossary



Extensible Markup Language. A flexible way to create common information formats and share both the format and the data on the World Wide Web, intranets, and elsewhere. XML is a formal recommendation from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) similar to the language of today's Web pages, the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML).

www.netproject.com/docs/migoss/v1.0/glossary.html



XML (Extensible Markup Language) is a standard for creating markup languages which describe the structure of data. It is not a fixed set of elements like HTML, but rather, it is like SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language) in that it is a metalanguage, or a language for describing languages. XML enables authors to define their own tags. XML is a formal specification of the World Wide Web Consortium. To find XML editors, see `Whirlwind Guide to SGML to ols' http://www.infotek. ...

www.acad.bg/beginner/gnrt/appendix/glossary.html



XML is a simple, very flexible text format derived from SGML (ISO 8879). Originally designed to meet the challenges of large-scale electronic publishing, XML is also playing an increasingly important role in the exchange of a wide variety of data on the Web and elsewhere.

www.maptrax.com.au/standardscompliance/glossaryoftermsatoh/



"eXtensible Markup Language", a system of marking up that allows you to create your own language for displaying documents - for instance, an XML document can generate an HTML, PDF, and Word copy of the same file, enabling you to have just one master document to update.

4umi.com/web/glossary.htm



Extensible Markup Language; defined by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) (2004b) as “a class of data objects called XML documents and partially describes the behavior of computer programs which process them. XML documents are made up of storage units called entities, which contain either parsed or unparsed data. Parsed data is made up of characters, some of which form character data, and some of which form markup. ...

www.parliament.vic.gov.au/sarc/E-Democracy/Final_Report/Glossary.htm



Extensible Markup Language XML is a simplified subset of the Standardized Generalized Markup Language (SGML) that provides a file format for representing data, a schema for describing data structure, and a mechanism for extending and annotating HTML with semantic information.

www.aepedi.com/glossary.htm

Answer 11

XML itself is easy to learn. Applying XML and using some of the related technologies (XSLT, XSL-FO, etc.) is where XML gets really complicated.



The basic thing to remember about XML is that it is just a way of tagging data. The tag names don't matter, at the basic level, its whatever describes the data best.



Some basic rules of XML:



close all tags ( or )



always use double quotes for attributes ( not )



Everything is case sensative ( not )



an XML file must have one main tag (i.e. not )

Answer 12

Perhaps, but I'm not 100% on it

Answer 13

XML is easy.



you know how in HTML you have or

?



well all xml is, is



you define the tags.



in html it would be

in xml it would be:



simple huh?



start in notepad and put this in the first line







then add something to hold it all...







between those tags u can put all the tags u want that u define.



so it would be like this...







some stupid text







special note XML is not as forgiving as html, so tags mixed with other tags wont work. (

) read up on other things u should follow.



good luck!



due to crappy formatting here, the 3 periods on the end of "" - sorry for the confusion