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== Introduction ==

The purpose of this page is to index a variety of XML things for short demos. I use this page to motivate students for learning XML in classes I teach, e.g. [[Help:COAP-2180|COAP 2180]] and [http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/fr/STIC:STIC_II STIC II]. I usually just show a picture or two and then do a live demo.

== Text-centric formats (often hand-coded) ==

=== Semantically structured documents ===
* [[DocBook]], the most popular structured document format for writing books and manuals
* [[DITA]], a new modular extensible document architecture, popular with IBM.

=== Web contents ===

* [[XHTML]], was a popular web page format (maybe to be replaced by [[XHTML5]] in some uncertain future). Mostly a dead project, but most browsers do support XHTML.

== Data-centric formats (sometimes hand-coded) ==

=== Multimedia synchronization ===
* [[Timed Text]] is a W3C standard that is not hugely popular. In Flash, it is used for captions, visit the [[Flash video captions tutorial]]. It also is rumored to work in IE 10.

=== News syndication ===
* [[RSS]] and [[News feed aggregator]]s

=== Vector graphics ===
* [[SVG]] (*.svg), popular web format, part of [[HTML5]]. Visit [http://openclipart.org openclipart.org]. SVG works in all browsers except IE 7/8.
* [[X3D]], unpopular 3D web format, new version of oldest Internet format (VRML). Visit [http://www.x3dom.org/examples/ X3Dom] (webGL in-browser), or [http://www.bitmanagement.de/en/showcase/interactive-demos Interactive Demos] from BS Contact (needs plugin to be installed)
* [[Collada]] (*.dae), a 3D exchange format. Also used in Google Earth (via the [[Keyhole Markup language]]) and therefore fairly popular.

== Data-centric formats ==

=== Business ===
* [[BPMN]] for modeling and implementing business processes. See [[BPMN 1.2 tutorial]] and http://demo.bpmn.io/ (online editor)
* [[BPEL]] a standard for describing executable business process models (partly replaced by BPMN 2.0).

=== Authoring formats ===

: Typically, authoring formats define the structure of a [[zip]] file, where a single XML file organizes the rest. Most contents are also encoded in XML.
* [[EPub]], most popular e-book format (or maybe second most, since Amazon uses a proprietary format for the Kindle)
* [[Open Packaging Conventions and Office Open XML]] (e.g.. Microsoft Word *.docx)
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument OpenDocument] (ODF) (e.g. OpenOffice *.odt)
* Flash CS6 *.fla files
* [[IMS Content Packaging]], used to package various types of e-learning formats
: Rename that type of file to *.zip to open and have fun with ...

=== Playlists ===

* [[Advanced Stream Redirector]] (ASX) is an XML format used to store Windows Media files Microsoft Windows Media Player
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Media_Player_Playlist Windows Media Player Playlist] (WPL) is a newer version that is based on a [[SMIL]] structure.
* Compare this to a non-XML alternative like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M3U M3U] (Winamp)

== XML for development ==

=== GUI generators ===

* [[MXML]] is Adobe's Layout language for [[Adobe Flex]] applications. For the demo see: [http://examples.adobe.com/flex3/componentexplorer/explorer.html Adobe Flex 3 Component Explorer]
* [[XML User Interface Language]] (aka XUL) is the language used to make the Firefox GUI and other applications.

=== Programming languages and accessories made in XML ===

* XSLT is a translation language, see [[XSLT Tutorial - Basics]]
* XQuery is a query language, see [[XQuery tutorial - basics]],
* Many special purpose languages like XPath, Xinclude and Xlink are used by other XML languages. See [[XPath tutorial - basics]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XInclude XInclude]

== More ==
* Browse the [[:Category:XML|XML]] category.

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