1. XML, SCHEMAS, DTD The primer Brendan Knight

2. XML  XML stands for eXtensible Markup Language.  XML is designed to transport and store data.  Contains elements: An element can contain: other elements text attributes or a mix of all of the above...

3. SCHEMAS An XML schema describes the structure of an XML document. The XML Schema language is also referred to as XML Schema Definition (XSD). We can also use a DTD

4. DTD A Document Type Definition (DTD) defines the legal building blocks of an XML document. It defines the document structure with a list of legal elements and attributes.A DTD can be declared inline inside an XML document, or as an external reference.

5. XML and CSS We can display our XML using cascading style sheets. These dictate the LOOK of the data display CSS is not the only way we can do this

6. Example XML <?xml- stylesheet type="text/css" href="cd_catalog.css"? > Empire Burlesque Bob Dylan USA Columbia 10.90 1985

7. Apply this css CATALOG{background-color: #ffffff;width: 100%;} CD{display: block;margin-bottom: 30pt;margin-left: 0;} TITLE{color: #FF0000;font-size: 20pt;} ARTIST{color: #0000FF;font-size: 20pt;} COUNTRY,PRICE,YEAR,COMPANY{display: block;color: #000000;margin- left: 20pt;}

8. All together Empire Burlesque Bob Dylan USA Columbia 10.90 1985

9. XML, SCHEMAS, DTD Brendan Knight

10. XML, SCHEMAS, DTD Reference :Displaying xml using css http://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_display.asp http://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_display.asp You can check your xml at http://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_validator.asp Tutorial is at http://www.w3schools.com/xml/ please do ithttp://www.w3schools.com/xml/