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The Scalable vector graphics (SVG) standard is a "flavor" of XML for graphics. It allows you to "draw" vector graphics using a text-based XML structure and you can also incorporate bitmaps, links, and javascripts. It provides a way to intelligently link to graphic presentations to other types of data.

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Karen Vagts: XML Portfolio

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XML Resources

[General Resources] [Domain Resources] [Tools]

Assignment 1 requires a list of XML-related resources, as shown here and which I hope to keep updated. The list is taken from those provided by Professor Benoit as well as my own additions. It is highly personal and idiosyncratic and can't be considered the last word in sources on XML, which are numerous indeed.

General Resources

• Adobe Corporation. (n.d.). Dreamweaver Developer Center: XML and XSLT. Retrieved February 4, 2006 from http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/xml.html
• Brill, G. (Ed.). (2002). CodeNotes for XML. New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks.
• Robin Cover, R. (Ed.). (n.d.). Cover pages: Extensible markup language (XML). Retrieved February 4, 2006 from http://xml.coverpages.org/
• Holzner, S. (2003). Sams teach yourself XML in 21 days (3rd ed). Indianapolis, Ind.: Sams.
• Ishida, R. (2006, October). Uniview. Retrieved February 4, 2006 from http://people.w3.org/rishida/scripts/uniview/descn
• Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS), (n.d.). XML.org. Retrieved February 4, 2006 from http://www.xml.org/
• O'Reilly Press. (n.d.). XML.com. Retrieved February 4, 2006 from http://www.xml.com/
• Ray, E. T. (2001). Learning XML. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly.
• SVG Working Group (2007, January). Scalable vector graphics (SVG). Retrieved February 4, 2006 from http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/
• Tennant, R. (Ed.). (2002). XML in libraries. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers.
• Unicode Consortium. (2007, January). What is unicode? Retrieved February 4, 2006 from http://www.unicode.org/unicode/standard/WhatIsUnicode.html
• W3 Schools. (n.d.). XML examples. Retrieved February 4, 2006 from http://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_examples.asp
• Wood, A. (2007, January). Alan Wood's Unicode Resources. Retrieved February 4, 2006 from http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/
• World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). (n.d.). Extensible Markup Language (XML). Retrieved February 4, 2006 from http://www.w3.org/XML/

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Domain Specific Resources: Geospatial Data and Mapping

Currently, maps, geospatial applications, and geographic information systems (GIS) are hot, thanks in part to popular web sites like Google Maps, Google Earth, MapQuest, etc. We also are becoming increasingly aware that maps can be one of the most effective ways to convey information, make a point, and tell a story. XML plays an increasing role in many geospatial applications. Here are some relevant sources:

• Brown, M. (2006). Hacking Google Maps and Google Earth. Indianapolis, IN: Wiley Pub.
• ESRI. (2007, January). Geodatabase XML. Retrieved February 4, 2006 from http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/geodatabase/about/xml.html
• Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC). (2006, August). Geospatial Metadata Standards. Retrieved February 4, 2006 from http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/geospatial-metadata-standards
• Froumentin, M. Displaying chess games in Web pages using ChessGML and SVG. Retrieved February 4, 2006 from http://people.w3.org/maxf/ChessGML/
• Google Earth (n.d.). KML [Keyhole Markup Language]. Retrieved February 4, 2006 from http://earth.google.com/kml/whatiskml.html
• Janée, G. (2004, October). The Alexandria Digital Library (ADL) Gazetteer Protocol. Retrieved February 26, 2007 from http://www.alexandria.ucsb.edu/gazetteer/protocol/ Note: the ADL website lists many other XML applications.
• Lake, R. (n.d.). Introduction to GML: Geography Markup Language. Retrieved February 4, 2006 from http://www.w3.org/Mobile/posdep/GMLIntroduction.html
• Neumann, A. & Winter, A. (Eds.). (2007, January). Carto:net. Retrieved February 4, 2006 from http://www.carto.net/
• Phillips, Hugh. (2006, October). Metadata Tools for Geospatial Data. Retrieved February 4, 2006 from http://sco.wisc.edu/wisclinc/metatool/

Validators and Tools

These are handy online tools to check the well-formed and validity of your HTML and XML.

• Validrome - a cross platform validation service for HTML, XML, RSS, among other standards.
• Scholarly Technology Group (STG) XML Validator.
• W3C Quality Assurance Tools - Gateway to various validators and related tools.
• Bobby (WebXACT) - Free online service to check HTML pages for compliance with guidelines for users with disabilities.
• W3 Schema Validator - Free online validator that validates schemes against the W3 schema name space.
• HiT Software XML Utilities - Free online utilities for generating Schemas and DTDs (should be checked and edited to achieve maximum utility).

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