The XML syntax is a set of rules that defines the combinations of symbols considered to be a correctly structured XML document or fragment. This lesson describes how to write XML syntax.
XML Example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<address>
<name>Alex</name>
<company>w3schools</company>
<phone>(091) 123-4567</phone>
</address>
In the above example, employee information is stored in XML.
XML Tag
Syntax:
<name>Alex</name>
- XML tags are surrounded by the two characters < and >.
- The start tag is often called the opening tag, and the end tag is often called the closing tag.
- All XML elements must have a closing tag.
- XML tags must be closed in the proper order.
- XML Tags are Case Sensitive.
- The text between the start and end tags is the data.
XML Start Tag
Syntax:
<name>
XML End Tag
Syntax:
</name>
Empty XML Tag
Syntax:
<name></name>