1) Martin Bryan. Introducing the Extensible Markup Language (XML)http://burks.bton.ac.uk/burks/internet/web/xmlintro.htm
This exact page could not be found and I was redirected to the BURKS page. It explained that BURKS is a collection of resources for computing students who don't have access to the Internet. This sounds like a good idea except 1. I don't know any student that has absolutely no access to the Internet (campus, library, etc.) and 2. How could you get a computing degree if you never really get to do things online? Just some thoughts.
2) Uche Ogbuji. A survey of XML standards: Part 1. January 2004.http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-stand1.html
Honestly, I didn't have much of a clue about XML, so I started with Wikipedia for a basic overview before moving on to this site. That gave me somewhat of an idea, although I'm still a bit murky because I have almost no technical computer background. The IBM site above seems like a great go-to site for all kinds of XML resources. It had some great tutorials; I especially liked this one: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/tutorials/xmlintro/?S_TACT=104AHW06 The address example of why XML is needed over HTML (page 2) was excellent and suddenly made its purpose so much clearer. It mentioned that XML ("with the right tools") can even make text into voice.
3) Extending your Markup: a XML tutorial by Andre Bergholz PDF
This had some great examples with the explanation of XML, especially the bibliographies. It explained XLinks, XPaths, XPointers, etc., which I previously had no knowledge on.
4) XML Schema Tutorial http://www.w3schools.com/Schema/default.asp
Like the other W3 Schools tutorials we have used, this one was great. It laid out basically everything you need to know. Although it was good, I thought some of the IBM tutorials were more straightforward and in clearer language. This one went in baby steps, though, which is good for someone slowly learning XML (me!).
Kristen,
ReplyDeleteI think you and I read the same Bryan article, but that others who've posted so far read something far more useful! I wondered why we were reading something that was about a project that was very out of date! Your comments made me giggle, though. If I have any luck finding the real article we're supposed to read, I'll let you know. :)
Kristen,
ReplyDeleteGo to Katie's blog, http://jonas4444.blogspot.com/
She has the link to the Bryan article posted in her blog.
Kristen,
ReplyDeleteI can certainly relate to your comment about the difficulty of these articles with no technical background. What I'd really like to know is how much do I really need to know? I can't afford to spend a great deal of time trying to figure this out, only to find by the time I have an opportunity to use it, something else has been invented. I appreciate your post of the IBM tutorial. I plan to check it out.
I agree with both Melissa and you, Kristen, about the lack of technical background when reading these. I must say I asked a friend of mind who works with computers to explain the difference between HTML and XML, in laymans terms of course. I understood it better after having it explained to me, but I'm still not fully comfortable with it. I also wonder how much of what we are learning will be useful to me in the future and whether I should take the time now to learn it, or wait for a new piece of technology to come out and learn that. Its kind of stressful to learn technology because once you learn one type, a new one comes along to replace it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for directions to the correct article! That makes a lot more sense. :)
ReplyDeleteI am right there with you all! Thanks for the link too.
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