Q1. Conduct research on the Internet to find out what tools can be used to parse an XML document and ensure that the document is well formed and valid

Exercise 11: XML Introduction

Q1. Conduct research on the Internet to find out what tools can be used to parse an XML document and ensure that the document is well formed and valid.

Answer:

W3Schools.com (2009) states that all modern browsers have a built-in XML parser that can be used to read and manipulate XML. The parser reads XML into memory and converts it into an XML DOM object that can be accessed with JavaScript. There are some differences between Microsoft's XML parser and the parsers used in other browsers. The Microsoft parser supports loading of both XML files and XML strings (text), while other browsers use separate parsers. However, all parsers contain functions to traverse XML trees, access, insert, and delete nodes (elements) and their attributes.

There are some tools on the Internet to parse XML documents and to ensure the XML documents are well formed and valid. These tools are ...

1. XML Validator - http://www.validome.org/xml/
2. XML Scheme Validator - http://tools.decisionsoft.com/schemaValidate/
3. STG XML Validator - http://www.stg.brown.edu/service/xmlvalid/
4. Validator for XML Schema - http://www.w3.org/2001/03/webdata/xsv

Reference:

1. w3Schools.com (2009). "XML Parser". W3Schools.com, Retrieved Mar-16th-2009 from URL - http://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_parser.asp