1.9. Metadata "Data Storage and Structure"

There are no prerequisites for this lesson.

Keywords: Binary File, DTD, Data Storage, Database, Element Naming in XML, Plain Text File, XML, XML Elements, XML Schema, XML Syntax, XML Tags.

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Language:	English (EN) German (DE) French (FR) Italian (IT) This is the original language of this lesson.
Lifecycle:	Version 2 (Created: 2006-02-17; last modified: 2012-01-26).
Authors:	Regula Stopper (Overall, IKA@ETHZ, stopper@karto.baug.ethz.ch): Regula has written all this text . Andreas Neumann (Content, IKA@ETHZ, neumann@karto.baug.ethz.ch): Andreas Neumann provided part of the content for this lesson. Samuel Wiesmann (Revision, IKA@ETHZ, wiesmann@karto.baug.ethz.ch) Olaf Schnabel (Revision, IKA@ETHZ, schnabel@karto.baug.ethz.ch): Olaf Schnabel revised the text, wrote some parts of it new and made all interactive examples compatible for all browsers.
Difficulty Level:	Low Medium High
Typical Learning Time:	1.5h (This lesson should take about 1.5 hours. Depending on the time that is needed for the small exercises, this lesson could take more than 1.5 hours.)

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