XML is just one in a series of W3C standards designed to make Web applications more secure, customized, and accessible. There are several other standards that a serious XML implementor needs to know about.
XLink provides the ability to create simple and multi-destination and typed links. XPointer provides a syntax for accessing the internal structure of XML documents. In particular, it provides for specific reference to elements, character strings, and other parts of XML documents, whether or not they bear an explicit ID attribute.
The document content description (DCD) provides a functional extension to the document type definition (DTD). The DCD adds rich data types, inheritance and subclassing.
The Document Object Model (DOM) is an application programming interface (API) for HTML and XML documents. It defines the logical structure of documents and the way a document is accessed and manipulated.
These related standards, and more, are described, reviewed, and discussed in this advanced course. Hands-on workshops allow you to work with tools that support these standards and understand them better. |
