XML for Describing Data

• Often times common syntax isn’t enough

• Common structural representation for expressing statements is required

  • “The author of a document is Eric”

<author>

<url> http://doc_url </url>

<name> Eric </name>

</author>

<document>

<author>

<name> Eric </name>

</author>

<url> http://doc_url </url>

</document>

<document

href = “http://doc_url”

author = “Eric”

/>

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