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Free XML Tutorials
XML School
This is a concise introduction to the basic issues of XML, including its syntax, elements, Cascading Style Sheets, and 'behaviours'. It's also a model of site design for clarity and usability.
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http://www.w3schools.com/xml/
The XML Elements of Style
In honor of Strunk and White, who wrote the inimitable writing guide, Elements of
Style, O'Reilly author Steve Muench presents his own succinct and
lucid list of rules for creating a well-formed XML document.
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http://oracle.oreilly.com/news/oraclexml_1000.html
Webmonkey
Expert advice and tutorials offering an introduction to XML, including attributes and entities.
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http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/authoring/xml/
Elliotte Rusty Harold & W. Scott Means, XML in a Nutshell, Sebastopol CA, O'Reilly, 2001, pp.480.
Good value reference book from O'Reilly.
Contains all the basics of the XML standard, from basic syntax rules, to details of document type definition (DTD) creation. For more advanced users, also includes details of Extensible Stylesheet Transformation (XSLT) and the document object model (DOM).
Full review HERE
Working with XML
This is the official Sun Microsystems guide to using XML with Java - a three-part downloadable tutorial.
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http://java.sun.com/xml/docs/tutorial/index.htm
XML Tutorial
Microsoft's ten-part lessons on the subject range from an introduction to advanced topics.
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/xml/tutorial/default.asp
XMLhack
This site offers a digest of the latest XML news, opinions, and tips.
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http://www.xmlhack.com
The XML Syntax Checker
XML code is a lot less forgiving than HTML. This online syntax checker will analyse your coding and report any errors.
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http://www.xml.com/xml/pub/tools/ruwf/check.html
Cafe con Leche
This site aims to provide daily XML news updates.
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http://www.ibibiblio.org/xml
W3CXML
This is the official site of XML standards, provided by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Their documents are extremely thorough, but very dry.
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http://www.w3cxml.com
The Apache XML Project
This is Open Source XML software, provided by Apache, the free, industrial-strength Web server.
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http://xml.apache.org
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