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Subject: Basic XML tutorial for amazon web services
Category: Computers > Programming
Asked by: mychirosite-ga
List Price: $10.00
Posted: 04 Jul 2005 16:14 PDT
Expires: 03 Aug 2005 16:14 PDT
Question ID: 539932
I want to use amazon web services with xml. I have designed several
websites with html and css. I have the account set up with amazon. I
have also been using the associate codes to link to book titles for a
couple of years now. I do not have any experience with xml. Is there a
basic reference for xml? I have searched the internet for a few days
now with no luck.
A good xml tutorial will include samples, explain how to include xml
into an html website, programs needed, where to place the xml code,
what it does and how to copy xml code.
When I ask where to place the xml code, I nwhat to know if the code
should be placed in a file such as css codes, placed in the heading,
or in the body of the html code.

Clarification of Question by mychirosite-ga on 06 Jul 2005 11:29 PDT
Does anyone have a simple xml page, so that I can look at the code for the website?
I picked up a book (Elisabeth Castro, XML) and looked over a few
websites with XML info, and I am more lost than ever. Am I asking the
wrong questions?

XML does not look all that difficult compared to CSS, I just need a
sample site that I can work backwards through.
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Subject: Re: Basic XML tutorial for amazon web services
From: selfkill-ga on 23 Jul 2005 23:28 PDT
 
XML is a markup language similiar to HTML derived from SGML. XML
stands for eXtensible Markup Language. Although it is a very simple
language, it has strict rules (unlike HTML). The thing that is
confused most is that XML does not do anything. Unlike HTML, XML
emphasizes the data that it contains, not how the data will be
displayed. In XML, there are no predefined tags such as <table> or
<font>. This is why it is "extensible." You must make your own tags
and a application must already know what each tag stands for. This
allows for any application to use the language for whatever means. The
benefits of this is that for one thing, a programmer doesn't have to
take the time to design the syntax for a new scripting language, or a
new communication language, or a new database, etc. And for another
thing, it will already be a familiar language for a lot of people
which means less time learning syntax and more time learning the tags
and attributes. Think of it as a global guideline that is already
familiar and easy to use by both the user and the application.

Now where all this ties in with HTML is that you can embed XML into a
HTML document. This is useful if you want to supply extended
information to whatever may need it such as a JavaScript or some kind
of web application. XML can also be used outside of HTML for such
things as a RSS feed or a WML website (for wireless devices such as
mobile phones).

To learn more about XML, I would consider reading this tutorial:
http://www.w3schools.com/xml/
Subject: Re: Basic XML tutorial for amazon web services
From: firehorsemarketing-ga on 17 Nov 2005 17:16 PST
 
You may want to checkout: <a
href=http://www.geckotribe.com>http://www.geckotribe.com</a>.
They have some scripts that integrate very well with amazon xml and
are fairly easy to use compared to writing your own.

Kevin Davis
InternetMarketingHelpdesk.com

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