XML - introduction

So, you would like to get to know XML a little bit?

• XML Beginner's Guide
  Here you will find a couple of links to tutorials, FAQs and other articels. XML.org in general has emerged as a valuable and leading resource to technologists, developers and businesspeople developing purpose-built XML languages.
• O'Reilly XML.com
  Our mission at XML.com is to help you discover XML...
• XML tutorials
  We are working on covering [...] different aspects of XML, ranging from the basic introductions to the programming references and advanced tutorials.
• XHTML mailinglist
  XHTML is a reformulation of HTML 4 as an XML 1.0 application; therefore I included this mailinglist for XHTML related stuff...

XML - applications

What is it good for?

• http://www.syncml.org/
  SyncML is the [...] standard for universal synchronization of remote data and personal information across multiple networks, platforms and devices.
• Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
  SOAP defines the use of XML and HTTP to access services, objects and servers in a platform-independent manner.
• Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI)
  UDDI enables a business to (i) describe its business and its services, (ii) discover other businesses that offer desired services, and (iii) integrate with these other businesses.
• Web Services Description Language (WSDL)
  WSDL is an XML format for describing network services [...], and it's complementary to the UDDI initiative.
• VoiceXML
  VoiceXML is the voice markup language that's driving the voice-enabled internet - with applications as far-reaching as Call Center automation ... on-board navigation ... voice-activated emergency systems ... audio-enabled email ... and other instances involving interactivity between the web and a telephone.
• Open Source Metadata Framework
  The OMF aims to collect data about Open Source documentation, or metadata, that will be used to describe the documentation.

Semantic Web

• Semantic Web Application Platform
  
• Infomesh
  
• Resource Description Framework (RDF)
  RDF [...] is a framework for metadata; it provides interoperability between applications that exchange machine-understandable information on the Web. ... and is typically used as the foundation for the semantic web.

XML - tools

• XML Programming Tools @ XML.org
  Find an introductory list for tools on this website...
• Haystack
  Very interesting research project, based on RDF; Haystack is a tool designed to let every individual manage all of their information in the way that makes the most sense to them.
• http://www.jclark.com/xml/
  James Clark's XML resources
• http://www.ascc.net/xml/resource/schematron
  The Schematron - An XML Structure Validation Language using Patterns in Trees
• http://tug.org/applications/pdftex
  pdfTeX (support site)
• http://www.tei-c.org.uk/Software/passivetex/
  PassiveTeX is a library of TeX macros which can be used to process an XML document which results from an XSL transformation to formatting objects.

XML - specifications

• SGML and XML News -- The XML Cover Pages
  This site lists new releases of SGML/XML standards... not necessarily for beginners...
• http://www.w3c.org/XML
  The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is the universal format for structured documents and data on the Web.
• http://www.w3c.org/TR/xslt
  This specification defines the syntax and semantics of XSLT, which is a language for transforming XML documents into other XML documents.