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10 XML

• STEP 1: XML
  XML stands for EXtensible Markup Language
  XML is a markup language much like HTML
  XML was designed to describe data
  XML tags are not predefined. You must define your own tags
  XML uses a Document Type Definition (DTD) or an XML Schema to describe the data
  (1)XML Syntax
  (2)XML Elements
  (3)XML Attributes
  (4)XML Validation
  (5)XML Validator
  (6)XML Namespaces
  (7)XML CDATA
  (8)XML Encoding