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* [[BPEL]] a standard for describing executable business process models (partly replaced by BPMN 2.0).
* [[BPEL]] a standard for describing executable business process models (partly replaced by BPMN 2.0).


; Wordprocessing formats
; Internal authoring formats
* [[Open Packaging Conventions and Office Open XML]] (i.e. *.docx)
* [[Open Packaging Conventions and Office Open XML]] (i.e. *.docx)
; Multimedia (internal) source formats
* Flash CS6 *.fla files
* Flash CS6 *.fla files
: Rename that type of file to *.zip to open and have fun with ...


; Multimedia synchronization
; Multimedia synchronization
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* Compare this to a non-XML alternative like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M3U M3U] (Winamp)
* Compare this to a non-XML alternative like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M3U M3U] (Winamp)


; Programming languages made in XML
; Programming languages and accessories made in XML
* [[XSLT Tutorial - Basics]], [[XPath tutorial - basics]], [[XQuery tutorial - basics]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XInclude XInclude], ...
* 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.


[[Category:XML]]
[[Category:XML]]

Revision as of 19:42, 8 March 2013

Draft

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).
Internal authoring formats
Rename that type of file to *.zip to open and have fun with ...
Multimedia synchronization
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
Playlists
Programming languages and accessories made in XML
More
  • Browse the XML category.