Glossary of "Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1"

Term entries in the "Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1" glossary

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text

From Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1 (2004-02-04)

A parsed entity contains text, a sequence of characters, which may represent markup or character data.
unparsed entity

From Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1 (2004-02-04)

An unparsed entity is a resource whose contents may or may not be text, and if text, may be other than XML. Each unparsed entity has an associated notation, identified by name. Beyond a requirement that an XML processor make the identifiers for the entity and notation available to the application, XML places no constraints on the contents of unparsed entities.
valid

From Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1 (2004-02-04)

An XML document is valid if it has an associated document type declaration and if the document complies with the constraints expressed in it.
validating processors

From Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1 (2004-02-04)

Validating processorsMUST, at user option, report violations of the constraints expressed by the declarations in the DTD, and failures to fulfill the validity constraints given in this specification.
validity constraint

From Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1 (2004-02-04)

A rule which applies to all valid XML documents. Violations of validity constraints are errors; they MUST, at user option, be reported by validating XML processors.
well-formed

From Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1 (2004-02-04)

A textual object is a well-formed XML document if:
well-formedness constraint

From Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1 (2004-02-04)

A rule which applies to all well-formed XML documents. Violations of well-formedness constraints are fatal errors.
XML declaration

From Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1 (2004-02-04)

XML 1.1 documents MUST begin with an XML declaration which specifies the version of XML being used.
XML document

From Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1 (2004-02-04)

A data object is an XML document if it is well-formed, as defined in this specification. A well-formed XML document MAY in addition be valid if it meets certain further constraints.
XML processor

From Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1 (2004-02-04)

A software module called an XML processor is used to read XML documents and provide access to their content and structure.

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