From the course: Python: XML, JSON, and the Web
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Quick overview of XML - Python Tutorial
From the course: Python: XML, JSON, and the Web
Quick overview of XML
- [Instructor] Let's start by taking a closer look at XML. XML has been around for quite some time and is a mature data format that is widely used in many applications. It is an established W3C standard, first published back in 1998. And as I mentioned earlier, it's very similar in structure to HTML. So if you're already familiar with working on webpages, then the syntax will look very familiar to you. However, the rules for XML structure are much more strict than for HTML as we'll see in a moment. XML is typically used to represent complex data that tends to be document-centric. If you've ever done any development work on Android for example, you've seen that Android app manifest files are specified in XML as are several Android app resources like layouts, menus, and many others. Similarly, if you've ever looked at the source code behind blogs, you've probably seen that those are written in XML formats called either RSS or ATOM. For example, here's the CNN page that lists their…
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