Victor wrote: > > Hi, > > In my job I now need to transfer data between application using XML. > > As an absolute beginner in this field I'm asking you the very very > basic of XML. > > As far as I know having leafed through debian documentation XML as a > tagged language is a subset of SGML therefore: > > 1) What deb packages should I install to build and view XML documents? Check out the following packages.
http://packages.debian.org/stable/text I recommend. apt-get install emacs20 apt-get install psgml Psgml parses XML and gives it color. With a DTD you can find out what elements are valid. I think there is also a debian-sgml list. > > 2) Where can I find documentation both on the packages themselves and, > above all, on XML? http://www.w3.org/ is a good place to start Hope this helps, Eric
