XML Information Set
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Lecture 2
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Part B
Ing. Miloslav Nič Ph.D.
letní semestr 2010-2011
BI-XML
© Miloslav Nič, 2011
Evropský sociální fond
Praha & EU: Investujeme do vaší budoucnosti
XML Information Set
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usually abbreviated as XML infoset
the official and formal way how to talk
about XML
the terminology is used in recent standards
so it is worthwhile to have some basic
understanding
XML Information Set
XML Information Set (Infoset)
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provide a consistent set of definitions for
use in other specifications that need to
refer to the information in a well-formed
XML document
2.1. The Document Information
Item
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exactly one document information item
all other information items are accessible
from the properties of the document
information item
Properties: children, document element,
base URI, character encoding scheme,
standalone, version, ...
2.2. Element Information Items
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an element information item for each
element appearing in the XML document
Properties: namespace name, local name,
prefix, children, attributes, namespace
attributes, in-scope namespaces, base
URI, parent
2.3. Attribute Information Items
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an attribute information item for each
attribute (specified or defaulted) of each
element in the document, including those
which are namespace declarations.
Properties: namespace name, local name,
prefix, normalized value, specified,
attribute type, references, owner element
Other information items
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2.4. Processing Instruction Information
Items
2.5. Unexpanded Entity Reference
Information Items
2.6. Character Information Items
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a character information item for each data
character that appears in the document;
Properties: character code, element
content whitespace, parent
Other information items - II
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2.7. Comment Information Items
2.8. The Document Type Declaration
Information Item
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2.9. Unparsed Entity Information Items
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2.10. Notation Information Items
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2.11. Namespace Information Items