Rogationist College (St.

Anthony’s Boys Village Inc) Fourth Year – First Semester

Neal Andreev S. Roderno, BSIT-701 ITP75 – INTEGRATIVE PROGRAMMING II

INTRODUCTION TO XML while HTML is used to format and

display the same data.
What is XML?  XML Separates Data from HTML
 When displaying data in HTML,
 XML stands for eXtensible
you should not have to edit the
Markup Language
HTML file when the data
 XML was designed to store and
changes.
transport data.
 With XML, the data can be stored
 XML was designed to be both
in separate XML files.
human- and machine-readable
 With a few lines of JavaScript
XML Sample code, you can read an XML file
and update the data content of
any HTML page.
XML can be used as Transaction Data

 Thousands of XML formats exist,

in many different industries, to
How can XML be used? describe day-to-day data
transactions:
 XML is used in many aspects of
o Stocks and Shares
web development.
o Financial transactions
 XML is often used to separate
data from presentation. o Medical data
o Mathematical data
Note: o Scientific measurements
 XML Separates Data from o News information
Presentation o Weather services
 XML does not carry any
information about how to be
displayed.
 The same XML data can be used
in many different presentation
scenarios.
 Because of this, with XML, there
is a full separation between data
and presentation.
 XML is Often a Complement to
HTML
 In many HTML applications, XML
is used to store or transport data,
The XML Tree
Rogationist College (St. Anthony’s Boys Village Inc) Fourth Year – First Semester
Neal Andreev S. Roderno, BSIT-701 ITP75 – INTEGRATIVE PROGRAMMING II
 XML documents are formed  A prolog defines the XML version
as element trees. and the character encoding:
 An XML tree starts at a root  Example:
element and branches from the
root to child elements
 All elements can have sub
elements (child elements):

Note:
 The terms parent, child, and
sibling are used to describe the
relationships between elements.
 Parents have children. Children
have parents. Siblings are
children on the same level
(brothers and sisters).
 All elements can have text
content (Harry Potter) and
attributes (category="cooking").
 A prolog defines the XML version
and the character encoding:
XML Prolog