Overview and Suggested Readings

Please Join us for our Presentation on XML on Wednesday July 23rd

XML Defined: eXtensible Markup Language: a simplified version of SGML that can be used, esp. on the World Wide Web, to create a tagging scheme that allows elements of a document to be marked according to their content rather than their format. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

Readings:

SEE ATTACHMENTS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE!

Upon Completion of the Readings and our Presentation the answers to the following questions should be clear:

What are problems with HTML?
How does XML address these problems?
What role is XML playing in the information systems world?
How does XML open up in the way of new web applications?
Why are companies bothering to deal with XML?