Is xml considered to be semi-structure data?
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I would say yes because you can manipulate and query the data.
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Ok, simply saying...\n\nXML is a standard, correct?\n\nOkay, what does standard mean? It is a universal structure that must be the same. So There is a format for each XML type...\n\nYou just have to follow it :) Suprisingle, Reading is much harder than writing:) Writing is just making  standard document. It is like creating html.\n\nLook at the format that your reading it from... For example My format is this.... for each block element\n\n<book>\n <title></title>\n <pages></pages>\n</book>\n\nSimply saying, just add another block element using the same technique..\n\nIf your doing a static file, you need to read and write file... Follow the way it looks. Structure...\n\nIf your doing it dynamically... Look into your programming language and see how it tells you to send headers. Once you add an item to the file, you have to make its xml headers.\n\nNot complex.. Look into headers().\n\nSo simply saying... To create/edit/write xml files., you just have to follow the format which is given :) Or if your creating, just make your own standard xml format.\n\nWhen you want to write, just create another similar block level which was already made :)
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xml & mysql were built with the same idea... simple tables with rows and fields.... \n\nI wrote one this program long ago... and I can't find it anymore but...\n\nI googled for "mysql xml import" and found thousands of examples and simple programs!\n\nenjoy!
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OPML is a standard used for setting up heirachies...\n\nIt uses XML format for constructing the outline.. like\nThe XML elements in an OPML document are:\n\n<opml version="1.0"> \n    This is the root element. It must contain the version attribute and one head and one body element.\n\n<head> \n    Contains metadata. May include any of these optional elements: title, dateCreated, dateModified, ownerName, ownerEmail, expansionState, vertScrollState, windowTop, windowLeft, windowBottom, windowRight. Each element is a simple text element. dateCreated and dateModified contents conform to the date-time format specified in RFC 822. expansionState contains a comma-separated list of line numbers that should be expanded on display. The windowXXX elements define the position and size of the display window. An OPML processor may ignore all the head sub-elements. If the outline is opened inside another outline then the processor must ignore the window elements.\n\n<body> \n    Contains the content of the outline. Must have one or more outline elements.\n\n<outline> \n    Represents a line in the outline. May contain any number of arbitrary attributes. Common attributes include text and type. The outline element may contain any number of outline sub-elements. \n\n\nOPML is being used more widely because of its ties to RSS.
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They are all metalanguages whose purpose is to assign text more (meta) information.\n\nThe Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) was developed in the 1960's. \n\nHTML (HyperText Markup Language) was based on SGML - but originally did not adhere to its strict rules. HTML is a way to markup text so that applications like a browser can present the info in a meaningful, unified way. \n\nXML (eXstensible Markup Language) is based on SGML and, unlike HTML is exstensible, meaning its purpose is for programmers to create their own markup languages. RSS, MathML, SVG and XHTML are examples of xml.\n\nXHTML is a hypertext markup language that conforms to XML's strict rules. Ex: HTML = <p> is ok. In XHTML (as in XML) you must close every tag you open, so either you have <p> Text </p> or use <p/>.
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There is an error in the stylesheet, in al likelihood. XSLT stylesheets must adhere strictly to open/close syntax rules of XML, but when they are converted from looser html, people often do not test them enough.
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it is simple using php..\nu have to write a php script that reads data from the database and then save them into an xml page...u have to design the structure of the xml page using the php script...with a few tags added at the top the xml page becomes the RSS file..(basically it is xml technology behind RSS)\n\nexample coding structure:\n--------------------------------\n<?php\n$data="<?xml version=&#92;"1.0&#92;"?>&#92;n";\n$data="<?xml-stylesheet type=&#92;"text/css&#92;" href=&#92;"style.css&#92;"?>";\n$data.="<rss version=&#92;"2.0&#92;">&#92;n";\n\n$data.="<channel>&#92;n";\n\n/* DYNAMIC CONTENT FROM MY DATABASE */\n// Connecting, selecting database\n//make the databse conneciton here\n\n// Performing SQL query here\n\n// SAVING RESULTS IN THE $DATA VARIABLE\nwhile ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {\n$data.="<field>&#92;n";\n$data.="<field1>".$row['field1-data']."</field1>&#92;n";\n$data.="<field2>".$row['field2-data']."</field2>&#92;n";\n$data.="<field3>".$row['field3-data']."</field3>&#92;n";\n$data.="<field4>".$row['field4-data']."</field4>&#92;n";\n\n}\n\n//make the sect query here\n\nwhile ($row = mysql_fetch_array($resultEvt)) {\n//put into $data variable the retrived data, and make it into a xml structure here\n}\n$data.="</field>&#92;n";\n\n\n\n$data.="</channel>&#92;n";\n$data.="</rss>&#92;n";\n//saving the data to a xml fine with the prefix same as the loggedin user\n$result=file_put_contents("name.xml",$data);\n\nif ($result==True) {\necho "Success";\n}\nelse {\necho "Failure";\n}\n?>
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Name\nHTML\nXML\netc etc
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Yes thats enough. You will probably need some software.\nDo a google search and look for xml tutorials.\n\nGood luck!!!\n\nIts easy stuff :-)\n\nTry this http://www.w3schools.com/xml/default.asp\n\nhttp://www.xml.com/pub/a/98/10/guide0.html\n\nLots more here\n\nhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=xml+tutorials&btnG=Google+Search\ndoctorkersey@yahoo.com
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http://www.w3schools.com/xml/default.asp
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I don't see anything that does this on one tag. You might be able to take the RSS feed for that tag and then convert it something more useful for you. If you click the RSS button on the bottom of the page you can see the XML file. \n\nYou might also check the link below as they re are a bunch of hacks and the list is growing.
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good for standardizing data between different RDBMs\ngood as a medium form in converting from RDBMs to another\ngood in webpages\n\nyou cannot compare XML with the above RDBMs because XML is not a database its just a temporary data storage form
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try this :\n\nhttp://www.infoworld.com/articles/fe/xml/01/08/20/010820feedge.html
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Which definition of a semi-field are you using?  There seem to be several.
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http://www.textuality.com/xml/faq.html
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The JavaScript right now has 2 parts, the server side and also the client side ( this is what it was originally designed for ).\n\nSo it already has come a long way than the one it was originally designed by Netscape Programmers. I think it might become more pattern matching language on client side and some kind of an XML like language to support self created structured data. As every application now a days is becoming more date intense, some day they might want to use JavaScript in small hand held smart devices.\n\nEven though JavaScript code can be crunched by a proxy and converted to XML as of today's technology, we might want to make this language more efficient and then enable it on smart devices.\n\nEnjoy.
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If you have an XSLT file, then yes. See the source below.\n\nRambling on the need for an XSLT file:\nXML is merely a more strict markup language where you can name tags and attributes however is appropriate. HTML can conform to XML strictness or be looser, and has a restricted set of valid tags and attributes. (XHTML is both XML and HTML) Doing an automatic conversion isn't difficult, but you would need to define the translation using an XSLT file. I could write a valid XML schema in which the tag name 'foo' should tanslate ot the HTML tag 'h1', and someone else could write an equally valid XML schema where 'foo' would be best translated to the HTML tag 'a'. The XSLT file is what defines that.