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eSource Technology - design
Glossary-X
XForms
A future version of HTML Forms,
based on XML and XHTML.
Differs from HTML forms by separating
data definition and data display. Providing
richer and more device independent user
input.
Learn more about XForms in our
XForms tutorial
XHTML (Extensible
Hypertext Markup Language)
HTML reformulated as XML. XHTML
is the latest version of HTML.
Developed by W3C.
Learn more about XHTML in our XHTML
tutorial
XPath
XPath is a set of syntax rules (language)
for defining parts of an XML document.
XPath is a major part of the W3C
XSL standard.
Learn more about XPath in our XPath
tutorial
XQuery
XQuery is a set of syntax rules
(language) for extracting information
from XML documents. XQuery
builds on XPath. XQuery is developed
by W3C.
Learn more about XQuery in our
XQuery tutorial
XML (Extensible
Markup Language)
A simplified version of SGML especially
designed for web documents, developed by
the W3C.
Learn more about XML in our XML
tutorial
XML Document
A document written in XML.
XML DOM (XML Document
Object Model)
A programming interface for XML
documents developed by W3C.
Learn more about XML DOM in our
XML DOM tutorial
XML Schema
A document that describes, in a formal way,
the syntax elements and parameters of a
web language. Designed by W3C to
replace DTD.
Learn more about Schema in our XML Schema
tutorial
XSD (XML Schema
Definition)
The same as XML Schema.
XSL (Extensible
Stylesheet Language)
A suite of XML languages developed
by W3C, including XSLT, XSL-FO
and XPath.
Learn more about XSL in our XSL
tutorial
XSL-FO (XSL Formatting
Objects)
An XML language for formatting
XML documents. A part of XSL
developed by W3C.
Learn more about XSL-FO in our
XSL-FO tutorial
XSLT (XSL Transformations)
An XML language for transforming
XML documents. A part of XSL
developed by W3C.
Learn more about XSLT in our XSLT
tutorial
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