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xml简明教程（XML concise tutorial） XML concise tutorial What is the XML element? XML is a markup language, a set of rules that are used to create syntax labels that describe data. A XML element consists of the start tag, the end tag, and the data between tags. Start and end tags are used to describe the data between tags. The data between tags is considered as the value of the element. For example, in the following example of an XML element, the value of the element director is Ed Wood. directorEd Wood/director The element name (director) allows you to mark the value of Ed Wood so that you can distinguish the data from other similar data. For example, it is possible that the value of another element is also Ed Wood. actorEd Wood/actor Since each element has a different tag name, you can easily distinguish between the values of the two elements above. If there is no way to semantically label the data, two elements of the same value will be confused. attribute An element can contain one or more attributes, and the attribute is a name value separated by =, such as: CITY ZIP= 01085 Westfield/CITY In the above example, ZIP= 01085 is an attribute of the element CITY. Attributes are used to add additional, secondary information to an element, usually meta information, and attributes can also use default values, whereas elements do not. Each element of the element can be described in any order, but only once. In addition, the XML tags are case sensitive, so the following three are different elements. CityCITYcity What is an XML document? A basic XML document is a XML element that can nest XML elements. For example, the following XML element books is a valid XML document. books book isbn= 0345374827 titleThe Great Shark Hunt/title authorHunter S. Thompson/author /book /books Processing guidance Building a basic XML document requires four key points to remember: All elements must have end tags; All elements must be properly nested (do not allow overlapping elements); All characte