The rules of the XML Game


  • An XML document represents a (kind of) tree
  • It has a single root and many nodes
  • Each node can be
    • a subtree
    • a single element (possibly bearing some attributes)
    • a string of character data
  • Each element has a type or generic identifier
  • Attribute names are predefined for a given element; values can also be constrained

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