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Free XML Video Tutorial Series

Here I present a video version of my XML Tutorial. I went out of my way to cover nearly all of the capabilities provided to you with XML. If you have any questions or want further information, leave a comment below.

Learn XML Video Tutorial Part 1

Here I introduce XML by covering:

  • XML Basics
  • Explain what it can do
  • Compare it to HTML
  • Explain tags and elements
  • Show you what XML looks like
  • Explain the encoding attribute
  • much more…


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Learn XML Schema

In this article I’ll describe the most complicated aspect in XML. A XML Schema is another way you can represent how a XML document file defines data, elements and attributes.

How Schema’s Differ from DTD’s

Unlike DTD’s, which are great when you are mainly working with text elements, Schema’s work best when your mainly working with data elements.

Schema’s also work better when you want to be certain that the proper data is entered. Schema’s define what type of data each element and attribute can hold. For example, with a XML Schema you can specify you will only allow a price element to be of the form of a certain number of numbers followed by a period and then two additional digits. Continue reading Learn XML Schema