[edweidman]

HI! I am a "newbie" here and want to learn "XML" so as to use in Elements 6. Please help by detailed instructions in a simpleform. TIA, Ed Weidman

[Frank Lopes]

Welcome aboard!

Unfortunately XML is not a computer "language" per say.
It is not something that one learns. It is something one learns to work with it if that makes any sense.

XML is a data definition standard that changes depending of the application that uses it.

It uses "tags" to define what each data field is and what its properties are.

For example, if I used XML to define one of my books, I would use something like this:

<book>

<title>Carrie</title>

<author>Stephen King</author>
<price unit="dollars">19.99</price>
<isbn>123456-7890</isbn>

</book>

You however, could decided that you would need other fields: date purchased, location, summary etc.
That would cause your XML to be different from mine.

Take a look at this for starters:
http://www.w3schools.com/web/web_xml.asp

Originally Posted by edweidman

HI! I am a "newbie" here and want to learn "XML" so as to use in Elements 6. Please help by detailed instructions in a simpleform. TIA, Ed Weidman