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The purpose of this page is to index a variety of XML things for short demos. I | 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. | ||
== The list == | == The list == | ||
Revision as of 20:37, 8 March 2013
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. COAP 2180 and STIC II. I usually just show a picture or two and then do a live demo.
The list
- Vector graphics
- SVG (*.svg), popular web format, part of [[HTML5]. Visit openclipart.org. SVG works in all browsers except IE 7/8.
- X3D, unpopular 3D web format, new version of oldest Internet format (VRML). Visit Interactive Demos from BS Contact (an X3D vendor)
- Collada (*.dae), a 3D exchange format. Also used in Google Earth (via the Keyhole Markup language) and therefore fairly popular.
- Business
- BPMN for modeling and implementing business processes. See BPMN 1.2 tutorial
- BPEL a standard for describing executable business process models (partly replaced by BPMN 2.0).
- Wordprocessing formats
- Open Packaging Conventions and Office Open XML (i.e. *.docx)
- Multimedia (internal) source formats
- Flash CS6 *.fla files
- 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.
- Structured documents
- EPub, most popular e-book format (or maybe second most, since Amazon uses a proprietary format for the Kindle)
- DocBook, the most popular structured document format for writing books and manuals
- XHTML, popular web page format (to be replaced by XHTML5 in the future).
- News syndication
- GUI generators
- MXML is Adobe's Layout language for Adobe Flex applications. For the demo see: Adobe Flex 3 Component Explorer
- Playlists
- Advanced Stream Redirector (ASX) is an XML format used to store Windows Media files Microsoft Windows Media Player
- Windows Media Player Playlist (WPL) is a newer version that is based on a SMIL structure.
- Compare this to a non-XML alternative like M3U (Winamp)
- Programming languages made in XML