Week 9 Readings

What is XML? -
Subset of the Standard Generalized Mark-Up Language.
XML files clearly mark where the start and end of logical parts (elements) of a document.
< title>My Web Page < /title>

Reading #2 -"A Survey of XML Standards:"
Part 1 - "XML may be intimidating one, when one considers all the moving parts". Ya think!
It took awhile before I could even figure out the the heading, title, body, and then ending them with the < />. The recommended tutorials and other useful resources may be helpful. Too bad that there is no time to actually study them. Just look at the cheat sheets and do what you need to do to finish the assignment is the plan. SGML - Doug Tidwell says, "Sounds Great, Maybe Later".

Reading #3
The XML already discusses seems much easier to do than the DTD Elements in reading #3.
DTD seems way too confusing with all the different symbols - +, !, ?, *, #, and ((( ))).
Namespace, URI and xlink are some terms that I think are a little advanced for me, and will I ever, truly, really, ever, never, need to know how to do them?

Reading 4: WWW.W3 tutorial : First of all, it says you need a basic understanding of all the language types we have discussed the last couple of weeks....
Somehow, these languages seems more difficult than just doing an Excel Spreadsheet. If I really wanted my music CD collection organized, I would do it on Excel. It couldn't be easier. You just type in all the information w/out all the symbols, ()< > & * ? ! etc.


Muddiest Point: How do we connect our pages together for Assignment #6?


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