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XML Specifications

There are many different rules to XML. Learn how to use them and the exact specifications, including namespaces, the DOM, and more.
CDF
A definition of the acronym CDF or Channel Definition Format.
Ink Markup Language (InkML) - W3C
The InkML data format is used to represent ink entered with an electronic pen or stylus. Ink-aware Web applications can process and exchange handwriting, gestures, sketches, music and other notational languages.
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
The W3C recommendation for the XML Standard.
Mathematical Markup Language Specification
An XML application for describing mathematical notation and capturing both its structure and content. Using MathML, you should be able to serve, receive, and process mathematics just as HTML is.
Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language Specification
SMIL enables authoring of TV-like multimedia presentations on the Web. Like all XML, SMIL presentations can be written using a simple text editor and will produce streaming audio and video, images, text, or other media type.
VISA XML Invoice Specification
The Visa Global Invoice Specification uses XML for business to business transactions. It is meant for transactions both over the Internet and in the physical world.
XML Query Specification
XML Query is a language written to extract data from real and virtual documents on the Web. It provides for interaction between the Web world and the database world.
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