Basic Structure

XML 1.0, So What?

• Defines syntactic rules for marking up Unicode text
• Defines hierarchy of elements with attributes
• Syntax only!

Namespaces, So What?

• Mechanism for keeping short tag names distinct
• Useful when multiple vocabularies united in single document
• Does not play nice with DTDs: use in schema-validated or non-validated environment

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