Learning Series - XML Elements, Attributes, Entities

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XML - Elements, Attributes, Entities

In this tutorial you will learn about Elements, Anatomy of tags, Tag naming rules, Invalid tags, Valid tags, Root and child elements, Attributes, When Do I use Attributes? Entities, Character data sections, Comments and Processing instructions.

Elements
Elements are the basic building blocks of XML

It may contain
– Other elements
– Character data
– Character references
– Entity references
– Comments
– These are collectively known as element content

Ex: < student > Mason Hill < /student >

An Element consists of three parts
1. Opening Tag < student >
2. Description Mason Hill
3. Closing Tag < /student >

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