The XML MetaArchitecture
by Henry S. Thompson

Table of contents

• The XML Meta-Architecture
• XML has grown
• What’s missing?
• What’s the Infoset?
• What does it mean to be ‘abstract’?
• What the Infoset isn’t
• Infoset details
• The Infoset Revolution
• The Infoset Pipeline begins
• The XML Schema comes next
• The Schema and the Infoset
• The Infoset grows
• The Infoset is transformed
• The Infoset is composed
• The Infoset is accessed
• The Infoset is transmitted
• A big step forward
• Schemas at the heart
• Types and the Infoset
• XML is ASCII for the 21st century
• The alternative take on XML?
• Application data
• Structured markup
• What just happened!?
• The new challenge
• Mapping between layers
• Mapping between layers 2
• Overall Conclusion