• 1. Data Storage and Structure
  • 1.1. Data Storage
  • 1.2. XML Introduction
  • 1.3. XML Syntax
  • 1.4. XML DTD / Schema
  • 1.5. Self Assessment
  • 1.6. Summary
  • 1.7. Glossary
  • 1.8. Bibliography
  • 1.9. Metadata

1.7. Glossary

ASCII:

ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) is a character encoding based on the English alphabet. ASCII represents text in computers, communications equipment, and other devices that work with text. (Wikipedia)

Byte:

A byte comprises 8 bits. Since one bit can adopt two states it is possible to describe 256 (2⁸) signs with one byte.

CDATA:

CDATA means character data. CDATA is text that will NOT be parsed by a parser. Tags inside the text will NOT be treated as markup and entities will NOT be expanded. (W3Schools)

Character Set:

An encoding scheme in which each character is represented by a different binary value. For example, ISO8859-1 is an extended Latin character set that supports more than 40 Western European languages. (Naude 2006)

Hexadecimal:

A counting system that uses 16 digits, notated as 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F.

Hyperlink:

An element in an electronic document that links to another place in the same document or to an entirely different document. Typically, you click on the hyperlink to follow the link. (Panama-Hosting.com) It is most commonly used in the World Wide Web to link various documents (Web Pages, pdf-files, etc.).

ISO:

The International Organization for Standardization is the international organisation responsible for developing and maintaining technical standards. (InterSites)

Namespace:

XML Namespaces provide a method to avoid element name conflicts. (W3Schools)

PCDATA:

PCDATA means parsed character data. PCDATA is text that will be parsed by a parser. Tags inside the text will be treated as markup and entities will be expanded. (W3Schools)

SGML:

Abbreviation of Standard Generalized Markup Language, a system for organizing and tagging elements of a document. SGML was developed and standardized by the International Organization for Standards (ISO). SGML itself does not specify any particular formatting; rather, it specifies the rules for tagging elements. These tags can then be interpreted to format elements in different ways. (Borland)

SVG:

"Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is an XML markup language for describing two-dimensional vector graphics, both static and animated." (Wikipedia)

W3C:

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the international standards body and develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential as a forum for information, commerce, communication, and collective understanding. (ETV Cookbook)

XHTML:

Extensible Hypertext Markup Language, or XHTML, is a markup language that has the same expressive possibilities as HTML, but a stricter syntax. (Wikipedia)

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