XML Namespaces Explained
XML namespaces are simple in concept but difficult to explain because they can be declared and used in many different ways. In this article, I explain XML namespaces in their most basic form. Let's start with a basic XML document used to store air travel reservations. More ...
Nesting XML Elements
Nesting XML elements allows you to create a hierarchical structure of your data. However, you must not write the closing tag for the outer element until the inner elements are closed. More ...
Using and Creating RSS News Feeds
RSS is a simple XML file that a publisher places on their website. The data contained in the file is a list of new articles on the website. Being in a standard XML format makes the RSS file available for anyone to access and use. More ...
Introduction to XML Schemas
This article explains what an XML Schema is and the many usefull purposes thay provide for with code examples. More ...
Transforming XML with XSLT
The instructions for formatting XML documents is in a specification called XSLT (for Transformations) This article explains how to use XSLT to transform XML documents. The end result might be another XML document or an HTML document. More ...
Predefined Entities in XML - Five Special Symbols
An entity is an ampersand character followed by several other characters that represents a character such as a less than or greater than sign or an ampersand. Predefined entities exist in XML because each of these characters have specific meanings. More ...
Using Java Script to Display XML Data
In this article, you learn how to use Java Script to display an XML document's data as an html page. You create a script that you can use to traverse any XML document to display information about its elements. And you create a script that you can use to check any XML document for errors. More ...
Roll Your Own Java XML Database
In this article I show you how to write a simple Java program to access an XML document that allows you to save your updates. The database for this example is an XML document containing all the different modes which can be set for a computers display. More ...
XML Namespaces Made Simple
If you're going to use XML for more than just your own local purposes, you need a way to validate it. Today, this is done using a schema. But don't attempt to use a schema without an understanding of namespaces. More ...
