XML and DOM Documents:

 

Text:


PowerPoint Presentations:

These are .zip files for which you'll need an extracter. Win XP has a built-in zip file extracter; for other PC OS's, you may use shareware WinAce Archiver, WinZip, Alattin Stuffit Expander.

Decompressed files are Microsoft PowerPoint presentations. If you do not have Microsoft Office installed, go to the Office Update File Converters and Viewers page to download a PowerPoint viewer for your operating system (Windows and Macintosh only).


Examples:

Zip file is here


Standards and Specifications:

W3C (World Wide Web Consortium, inc.) produces what are known as "Recommendations". These are specifications, developed by W3C working groups, and then reviewed by Members of the Consortium. A W3C Recommendation indicates that consensus has been reached among the Consortium Members that a specification is appropriate for widespread use.

The complete XML 1.0 specification is available in English in several formats, including HTML, PostScript and PDF.

DOM specification is available at W3C site.

The growing list of XML Standards: take a map with you or get the name/description list. The most important industry standards.

See also: ebXML- Electronic Business through eXtensible Markup Language at www.ebXML.org.


Other References:

Updated Jan. 04. 2006.