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A

 

ANY

DTD element value

 

archiving

use of XML for

 

ATTLIST

DTD tag, defining an attribute list

 

attribute

and tags
adding to an element, naming
defining in the DTD
specification of, with ATTLIST tag
vs element design decision

 

AttributeList interface

additional SAX interfaces

B

binary entity

See unparsed entity.

binding

use of XML for

C

CBL

XML-based standard

 

CDATA

special XML tag for handling text with XML-style syntax
special DTD qualifier used for specifying attribute values
need for a LexicalEventListener when generating XML output
using a LexicalEventListener to echo in XML output
echoing of, with a LexicalEventListener in the SAX echo app
DTD attribute type

 

characters

special characters, handling of
character references
vs. ignorable whitespace

 

character encodings

See encodings

command line

use of environment variable to select validating or nonvalidating parser

 

command scripts

for compiling and running Java XML apps

 

comment

Comments in XML Files
writing an XML file
using a LexicalEventListener to echo in XML output
echoing of, with a LexicalEventListener in the SAX echo app

 

compiling

of SAX echo app
See Also: command scripts

 

conditional sections

in a DTD, controllable with parameter entities

 

consumer/provider

attributes vs. elements, stylistic choice

 

container/contents

attributes vs. elements, stylistic choice

 

content

...

copyright symbol

entity definition

cXML

XML-based standard

 

D

data

contrasted with "document"
data elements
identified by tags
normalization of

 

design of XML documents

attributes vs elements
attributes vs elements, example of
consumer/provider
container/contents
visibility heuristic

 

DDP

use of XML for

 

declaration

The XML Prolog
creating an XML file

 

DMTF

XML-based standard

 

DOCTYPE tag

use of, to specify the DTD

 

document

contrasted with "data"
document elements

 

DocumentHandler interface

handling document events
SAX API
SAXExceptions thrown
identifying a document's location
processing instructions, handling of
supplied to parser in SAX echo app
extended by LexicalEventListener

 

DOM

Java XML APIs, overview
creation of, using XmlDocumentBuilder
Document Object Model
XML and Related Specs
w3c specification

 

double quotes (curly quotes)

entity definition

DTD

compared to schemas
creating
defining attributes
defining attributes, ATTLIST tag
defining elements (element declarations)
defining entities
defining nested elements
defining the root element
defining text
effect on definition of empty elements
limitations of
nonvalidating parser, effect on
normalization of
parameter entities, creating and referencing of
parsing a parameterized DTD
referencing the DTD
required for generation of non-fatal errors
required for generation of warnings
required to use validating parser
special element value: ANY

special element value: EMPTY
specifying with the DOCTYPE tag
use of existing, if possible
use of, for binding
w3c specification
XML and Related Specs

DTDEventListener interface

Java XML API
using startDTD and endDTD methods to identify DTD processing

 

DTDHandler interface

SAX API
using the DTDHandler API

E

element

defined by tags
defining in the DTD
special DTD values ANY and EMPTY
naming of, adding attributes to
nesting of
nested elements, adding
vs attribute design decision

 

empty element

adding of
as further defined by the DTD

 

EMPTY

DTD element value

 

encodings

Java's encoding schemes

setting up I/O in SAX echo app

 

entity

definable in The XML Prolog
defining in the DTD
predefined entities for special characters
referenced in an XML Document
summary of entity types
DTD attribute type
useful entity definitions

 

 

entity reference

to predefined entities for special characters
use of, in an XML Document
echoing of, in the SAX echo app
referencing external entities
use of for binary entities (not recommended)

 

ENTITY

DTD tag

 

ENTITIES

DTD attribute type

 

EntityResolver interface

SAX API
using the EnityResolver API

 

environment variable

use of, to select validating or nonvalidating parser

 

error conditions

Handling Errors with the Non-Validating Parser

fatal error

introducing

(non-fatal) error

understanding
handling, mechanisms
experimenting with validation errors in the SAX echo app
handling of, in the validating parser

warning

DTD required for, handling of
DTD warnings that could occur

ErrorHandler interface

SAX API
use of, for handling non-fatal errors

 

examples

description of, in Java XML release

 

exceptions

ParserConfigurationException

handling of, in a SAX app

IOException

wrapping in a SAX exception

SAXException

thrown by DocumentHandler methods
handling of

SAXParseException

basic handling of
improved handling of
delivered to ErrorHandler methods

external entity

summary of entity types
referencing
echoing, with the SAX echo app
use of, for normalizing an XML structure

 

external subset

referencing the DTD

F

fatal error

See error conditions

 

FIXED

attribute specification in the DTD

 

flow objects

defined by XSL

 

formatting objects

defined by XSL

 

G

general entity

summary of entity types

H

HandlerBase class

implements SAX APIs
use of, in Echo app
extending of, to implement the ErrorHandler interface

 

HTML

HTML-style text, adding of
inline reusability -- none, vs. XML
linking, compared to XML
tags similar to XML
vs. stylability of XML documents
reusing a DTD that defines HTML-style tags in XML

I

ICE

XML-based standard

 

ID

DTD attribute type

 

IDREF

DTD attribute type

 

IDREFS

DTD attribute type

 

IMPLIED

attribute specification in the DTD

 

InputSource class

used in setting up the SAX echo app

IOException

wrapping in a SAX exception: see exceptions

 

J

K

L

LexicalEventListener interface

must use, else comments do not appear in SAX echo app
how it works (extends DocumentHandler)
use of, by XmlDocumentBuilder, to construct a DOM
working with a LexicalEventListener

 

line endings

normalization of, to NL (\n)

 

local subset

referencing the DTD

 

Locator interface

additional SAX interfaces

M

MathML

XML-based standard

 

methods

comment

LexicalEventListener interface

characters

handling document events
vs. ignorableWhitespace

ignorableWhitespace

documents vs. data, DTD required
vs. characters method

makeParser

setting up the SAX echo app

notationDecl

the DTDHandler API

processingInstruction

processing instructions, handling of

registerCatalogEntry

used to map an URN to a URL in a Resolver

resolveEntity

the EnityResolver API

setDocumentLocator

identifying a document's location
order of, with respect to startDocument

setEntityResolver

used to configure parser with a Resolver

startCDATA / endCDATA

LexicalEventListener interface

startDocument / endDocument

explanation of use in the SAX echo app
handling document events
order of, with respect to setDocumentLocator

startDtd / endDtd

using to identify DTD processing with a DtdEventListener

startElement / endElement

explanation of use in the SAX echo app
handling document events

startParsedEntity / endParsedEntity

LexicalEventListener interface

unparsedEntityDecl

the DTDHandler API

 

MessageCatalog class

Utility Package

 

MIME data types

used to reference a binary entity

 

mixed-content model

defining in the DTD

N

Namespace

XML and Related Specs
used to reference a binary entity
w3c specification

 

NDATA

defining an unparsed entity with

 

NMTOKEN

DTD attribute type

 

NMTOKENS

DTD attribute type

 

nonvalidating parser

See parser

 

normalization

Normalizing Data
Normalizing DTDs
normalization of line endings to NL (\n)

 

notation

use of for binary entities (not recommended)

 

NOTATION

DTD attribute type
use of for binary entities (not recommended)
processing of, using the DTDHandler API

 

O

OASIS

comments on design of XML documents
repository for DTDs

 

output

compressing of, in SAX echo app
spacing of, in SAX echo app
writing of, in SAX echo app

P

packages

com.sun.xml.parser

com.sun.xml.tree

com.sun.xml.util

org.xml.sax

additional SAX interfaces

org.xml.sax.helpers

org.w3c.dom

imported into SAX echo app

 

parameter entity

creating and referencing in the DTD

for reusing an existing DTD definition
summary of entity types
use of, to control conditional sections

 

parsed entity

summary of entity types
using a LexicalEventListener to echo in XML output
echoing of, with a LexicalEventListener in the SAX echo app

 

parser

SAX Parser
echoing an XML file with
effect of DTD on, overview of
DTD's Effect on the Nonvalidating Parser
selected using an environment variable

 

Parser interface

SAX Parser

 

ParserConfigurationException

See exceptions

 

ParserFactory class

SAX Parser
imported into SAX echo app
used in setting up the SAX echo app

 

PCDATA

DTD keyword

 

processing instruction

declaration of
handling of

 

prolog

The XML Prolog

 

public ID

See URN

 

Q

R

REQUIRED

attribute specification in the DTD

 

RDF

used for traditional data processing
XML and Related Specs
w3c specification

 

RDF Schema

XML and Related Specs
w3c specification

 

reference

See entity reference.

 

Resolver class

imported into SAX echo app
used in setting up the SAX echo app
use of, to convert an URN to a URL
use of, with the EnityResolver API

 

root

writing an XML file
defining in the DTD

running

of SAX echo app
See Also: command scripts

S

SAX

echoing an XML file with
Java XML APIs, overview
SAX Parser
Other SAX APIs
serial access with
XML and Related Specs
w3c specification

 

SAXException

see exceptions

 

SAXParseException

see exceptions

 

schema

use of, for binding

 

scripts

See: command scripts

 

SGML

...

 

SMIL

XML-based standard

 

SVG

XML-based standard

 

system ID

See URL

 

T

tag

used to identify data
Tags and Attributes
Empty Tags
naming of

 

text

handling text with XML-style syntax

trademark symbols

entity definitions

U

unicode

...

 

unparsed entity

summary of entity types
referencing a binary entity
defining with the NDATA keyword

 

URI

use of, when specifying a parameter entity
See Also: URL and URN

 

URL

identifying the document's location in the SAX echo app
specifying an external entity using a SYSTEM identifier
use of, to specify the DTD

 

URN

identifying the document's location in the SAX echo app
specifying an external entity using a PUBLIC identifier
use of, to specify the DTD
use of Resolver to convert to an URL

US-ASCII

Java's encoding schemes

setting up I/O in SAX echo app

 

UTF-8

Java's encoding schemes

setting up I/O in SAX echo app

 

UTF-16

Java's encoding schemes

setting up I/O in SAX echo app

V

valid

as determined by a DTD

 

validating parser

effect of DTD on
error handling in
generation of non-fatal errors, from DTD
selected using an environment variable
use of, in SAX echo app

ValidatingParser interface

SAX Parser

 

visibility heuristic

attributes vs. elements, stylistic choice
example of

W

w3c

XML and Related Specs.

 

warning

See error conditions

WebDAV

XML-based standard

 

well-formed

with respect to empty Tags
nesting of tags

 

whitepsace

tracking ignorable whitespace

X

XHTML

XML and Related Specs
w3c specification
reuse of XHTML DTD in the SAX echo app

 

XLink

XML and Related Specs
w3c specification

 

XLL

XML and Related Specs
w3c specification

 

XML

A Quick Introduction to XML
archving, using XML
attributes
binary entitites
binding, using XML
comments
designing an XML document
Document Type Definition
entities
HTML, comparison with

inline reusability
linking
similarity of tags

stylability of documents

parameter entities
processing instructions
prolog
text, substituting of
Writing a Simple XML File
XML and Related Specs

XML Schema

overview of schema proposals, comparison to DTD
w3c specification

 

XMLChars class

Utility Package

XMLDocumentBuilder class

use of LexicalEventListener

 

XMLNames class

Utility Package

 

XPointer

XML and Related Specs
w3c specification

XSL

used for traditional data processing
stylability of XML documents
XML and Related Specs
w3c specification

Y

Z

_ (non-alpha)

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