XML
eXtensible Markup Language

MIDI

XML

XML

But Lets Start at the Beginning

What Do We Mean by Document?

Document

We are Used to Creating “Output Documents”

This Leads to Problems

Multi Pipelines

More Problems

Are You in Control?

General Markup to the Rescue

What is Markup?

General vs Proprietary Markup

General Markup History

Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML)

SGML Publishing

Valid SGML Documents

What about HTML?

What’s in an HTML Document?

CONTENT??

Big Problem

Enter eXtensible Markup Language -  XML

An XML Document

XML

So – Is There a Standard Set of XML Tags?

Such As

XML Documents

XML Documents

B2B

The Generic XML Application

XML

DTD

XSL

APIs

XML Top Ten List

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Where do I go from here?

Some Useful Links

XML User’s Group ofOttawa (XUGO)

How to Find Me?

The End