Points, Principles and Parsers

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This page was created for use in my former classes. It is only occasionally updated resulting in many links being more of historical rather than current usefulness. Over time many links will suffer link rot.

 

"True perfection seem imperfect, yet is perfectly itself.
True fullness seems empty, yet is fully present."
- Lao-Tzu

XML in 10 points from the W3C...

  1. XML is for structuring data
  2. XML looks a bit like HTML
  3. XML is text, but isn't meant to be read
  4. XML is verbose by design
  5. XML is a family of technologies
  6. XML is new, but not that new
  7. XML leads HTML to XHTML
  8. XML is modular
  9. XML is the basis for RDF and the Semantic Web
  10. XML is license-free, platform-independent and well-supported

 

The 10 basic rules of XML.
Draft DD-1996-0001 - Design Principles for XML


  1. XML shall be straightforwardly usable over the Internet.
  2. XML shall support a wide variety of applications.
  3. XML shall be compatible with SGML.
  4. It shall be easy to write programs which process XML documents.
  5. The number of optional features in XML is to be kept to the absolute minimum, ideally zero.
  6. XML documents should be human-legible and reasonably clear.
  7. The XML design should be prepared quickly.
  8. The design of XML shall be formal and concise.
  9. XML documents shall be easy to create.
  10. Terseness in XML markup is of minimal importance.

Pile 'O Parsers

  1. MSXML
  2. Saxon
  3. Xalan
  4. Oracle XSL
  5. Sablotron
  6. XT
  7. Unicorn
  8. Napa
  9. 4XSLT
  10. Instant Saxon
  11. XML Pull Parser
  12. Online Validation
    1. Cover Pages: Validate/Check XML
    2. Validate Your XML Document Using IBM's XML4J Parser
    3. MS XML Validator  
    4. XML Validation Form  [Brown University Scholarly Technology Group]
    5. XML well-formedness checker and validator
    6. XML Syntax Checker   [Userland]
       

The W3C MarkUp Validation Service

a short diversion...

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