XML: General Information and Introduction

by K. Yue

1. Lecture Notes

• An Overview of XML.
• The Semantic Web, XML and HTML: An Example.
• Semantic Web and software architectures.
• Basic XML syntax.
• XML document structures.
• An introduction to XML Namespaces.

2. Some Useful 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.
• http://www.xml.org/: another XML resource sites ponsored OASIS, the folks who brought you ebXML, among other things.
• http://www.oasis-open.org/: E-Business standards.
• http://www.oasis-open.org/cover/xml.html: Robin Cover's page on XML, dated by now.

3. Local XML Feed

• 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).