Sustainability of Digital Formats: Planning for Library of Congress Collections
Sustainability of Digital Formats: Planning for Library of Congress Collections |
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| Introduction | Sustainability Factors | Content Categories | Format Descriptions | Contact | |
| Full name | Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1 |
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| Description | Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a simple, very flexible text format derived from SGML (ISO 8879). See XML. Version 1.1 is a W3C Recommendation. XML 1.1 is structured to use any version of Unicode, and is designed primarily for document creators wanting to use the most recent version of Unicode. |
| Production phase | Can be used as initial, middle, or final-state format. |
| Relationship to other formats | |
| Has earlier version | XML_1_0, XML (Extensible Markup Language) 1.0 |
| Subtype of | XML, Extensible Markup Language |
| LC experience or existing holdings | See XML. |
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| LC preference | See XML. |
| Disclosure | Open standard. Developed by W3C (World Wide Web Consortium). See XML. |
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| Documentation | Maintained by W3C [http://www.w3.org/XML/]. As of March 2008, the latest edition is Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1 (Second Edition). See Notes below. |
| Adoption | See XML. |
| Licensing and patents | None |
| Transparency | See XML. |
| Self-documentation | See XML. |
| External dependencies | None |
| Technical protection considerations | None |
| Text | |
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| Normal rendering | See XML. |
| Integrity of document structure | See XML. |
| Integrity of layout and display | See XML. |
| Support for mathematics, formulae, etc. | See XML. |
| Functionality beyond normal rendering | See XML. |
| Tag | Value | Note |
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| Filename extension | xml |
Common practice for XML document instances is to use the .xml extension. The particular schema or DTD should be declared within the document. Some schemas specify the use of different file extensions. |
| Internet Media Type | See related format. | See XML. |
| Magic numbers | See related format. | See XML. |
| General | |
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| History | XML 1.1, originally released in February 2004, updated XML 1.0 so that it no longer depends on a specific Unicode version: the latest version can always be used. It also adds checking of normalization, and follows the Unicode line ending rules more closely. Authors are encouraged to generate XML 1.0 documents if the added flexibility is not required. XML Parsers are expected to understand both XML 1.0 and XML 1.1. In August 2006, the second edition integrated changes dictated by accumulated errata and clarified wording related to prescriptive keywords (SHALL, MAY, etc.) in the specification. The new edition of the specification document does not represent a new version of XML. |
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