XML: General Information and Introduction

by K. Yue

1. Lecture Notes

• The Semantic Web, XML and HTML: An Example.
• Semantic Web and software architectures.
• Please find powerpoint slides in UHCL WebCT site for the course.

2. External Links

• http://www.w3.org/: W3C, the standard body for most XML related technologies.
• http://www.w3schools.com/: nice tutorials and references for Web/XML stuffs.
• http://www.zvon.org/: another nice XML tutorial and reference site.
• http://www.xml.com/: a huge site for XML resources; resource guides.

3. Resources

• newsfeed: a news feed server, change the value of the HTTP parameter topic to your favoriate country.
• stockquote: a 20 minutes delay stock quote XML server; change the value of the HTTP parameter stocks to your favorite stocks.
• weatherinfo: feeding weather information (will show weather in KEFD, Ellington Field in Houston).
• CheckXML.html: checking the wellformed of XML document using MSXML. Must use Internet Explorer.