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Learning XML


XML = eXtensible Markup Language

My mentor suggested I learn XML through w3school's  free online XML tutorial.  They are also a great resource for learning HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (just to name a few).

He gave me a project to work on called "Artes Latinae", where I can practice using XML.  I started working in this XML project (starting with document/chapter 15) a few days ago.  This one xml document consists of 381 short frames.  Some of these frames have jpg images and sounds, while all of the frames have text.

My To Do List: 

1.  Spelling:  Make sure that all of the text is spelled correctly for each frame in the XML document and matches up with the corresponding frame's jpg image text.  A lot of the text is in Latin, so I have to be very careful not to make a mistake.

2.  Pictures and Sounds: There are a lot of pictures that need to be copied, cropped, and uploaded, as well as sounds that need to be recorded and uploaded.  For the pictures, we are using the <picture></picture> opening/closing tags with the src attribute.  Here is an example:  <picture src="enter the photo file here to upload"></picture>.  For the sounds, we are using the open and closing <sound></sound> tags.  I do not have the sound files yet, so for now I am just leaving them as empty elements.

3.  Questions and Answers:  There are a lot of frames that ask questions as well as provide the correct answers.  We are using the <response></response> tags and at times the "ans" attribute for answer.  Here is an example:  <response ans="Auctor diēs laudat"></response>

4.  Words, Phrases, and Sentences:  There are a lot of phrases and sentences that need to be correctly marked up as well.  We are using sentence tags that look like this:  <sent lang="la"></sent>  Notice the language attribute "lang" and "la" which stands for Latin.

My next blog, I will talk about SCP (the pretty step sister to SSH 😊).


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  1. CajunesqueJanuary 31, 2019 at 9:40 PM

    Great Job on your first SCP to your website, Lisa. The file is there! In case you're wondering about that xml error, here it is:
    Capit animal ? . Capit animal ? .
    The opening tag must always match the closing tag. You have a typo in the first closing tag,

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