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Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) form an integral part
of many XML applications. They also make web site
design -- and web re-design -- infinitely
easier. To see this in action, select a theme from
the pull-down menu below. The entire page layout changes,
but the only change within the HTML of this page is
the CSS! How did we function before CSS?!
More on CSS >>
This XML Portfolio is produced to fulfill the requirements of 531J: XML, a course taught at the Simmons College of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) by Professor Gerald Benoit.
In addition to demonstrating our knowledge of eXtensible Markup Language (XML), our course portfolios provide the opportunity to apply XML to our professional and personal interests. In my case, this includes mapping and geospatial data; data interchange and classification; Unicode™ and international character sets; and linking graphics and images to other forms of data.
On March 27, a new page called Experiments has been added. This will document efforts to test the XML capabilities of standard software applications.
Derived from Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) and a cousin of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), XML is a tag language distinqished by flexibility and customizability; it organizes data into tags within a defined structure. It permits data exchange among a range of applications. Its innate rules are few -- although they are strict -- and it can be customized with Document Type Definitions (DTDs) and schemas to meet the needs of a wide range of applications and professional and industrial needs.
