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Andy92
11-16-2005, 10:24 PM
Hi there,

What basically is xml?

Is it like html and xhtml?

:thumbsup:
Alex Vincent
11-17-2005, 04:39 AM
Read the stickies, particularly this one:
http://www.codingforums.com/showpost.php?p=137228&postcount=8
:thumbsup:
Andy92
11-17-2005, 09:22 PM
What types of things can you do with xml and what does xml stand for?
Alex Vincent
11-18-2005, 03:14 AM
*sigh* If you had read the thread, you would have known the answer to your second question.

http://www.codingforums.com/showthread.php?p=137228#post137228

As for XML uses: There are a number of them. XML is the basis of RSS feeds for weblogs. Mozilla's user-interface combines two XML languages (XBL, XUL) with JavaScript. HTML as XML == XHTML. MathML handles mathematics in XML, and SVG does some really cool graphics. This is just tip-of-the-iceberg stuff.
Andy92
11-18-2005, 05:32 PM
Do you recommend a good book for me to learn the basics of xml?
Alex Vincent
11-18-2005, 06:01 PM
Uh, you caught me flatfooted on that one. :o I learned XML the hard way, and that's not fair to inflict on someone just starting out.

Any takers?
Andy92
11-19-2005, 11:47 AM
What do you mean by 'the hard way'?
Alex Vincent
11-20-2005, 07:07 AM
Trial and error.
gsnedders
11-20-2005, 03:07 PM
Trial and error.
... and that sure isn't fun ...

I can also say writing single class in PHP to parse RSS 0.9.x, 1.0, 2.0 and Atom 0.3 and 1.0 sure isn't fun.
Andy92
11-20-2005, 09:03 PM
Ive heard of RSS and atom, but what are they?
JamieR
11-20-2005, 11:07 PM
http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/12/18/dive-into-xml.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atom_(standard)
Andy92
11-21-2005, 06:31 PM
Thanks,

But when it says..

'an RSS-aware program can check the feed for changes and react to the changes in an appropriate way'

What rss programes are there?